title: Maneuvering the surface plasmon resonance of silver nanostructures through shape-controlled synthesis.
abstract: Silver nanostructures are containers for surface plasmons - the collective oscillation of conduction electrons in phase with incident light. By controlling the shape of the container, one can control the ways in which electrons oscillate, and in turn how the nanostructure scatters light, absorbs light, and enhances local electric fields. With a series of discrete dipole approximation (DDA) calculations, each of a distinctive morphology, we illustrate how shape control can tune the optical properties of silver nanostructures. Calculated predictions are validated by experimental measurements performed on nanocubes with controllable corner truncation, right bipyramids, and pentagonal nanowires. Control of nanostructure shape allows optimization of plasmon resonance for molecular detection and spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Wiley
authors.forename: Sang Hyuk
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Zhi-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Joeseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McLellan
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siekkinen
authors.forename: Younan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance
chemical_list: D012834:Silver