Gold nanostructures: engineering their plasmonic properties for biomedical applications.
The surface plasmon resonance peaks of gold nanostructures can be tuned from the visible to the near infrared region by controlling the shape and structure (solid vs. hollow). In this tutorial review we highlight this concept by comparing four typical examples: nanospheres, nanorods, nanoshells, and nanocages. A combination of this optical tunability with the inertness of gold makes gold nanostructures well suited for various biomedical applications.
Hu
Min
M
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, USA.
Chen
Jingyi
J
Li
Zhi-Yuan
ZY
Au
Leslie
L
Hartland
Gregory V
GV
Li
Xingde
X
Marquez
Manuel
M
Xia
Younan
Y
D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010777:Photochemistry; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D013696:Temperature
D006046:Gold