title: Gold nanostructures: engineering their plasmonic properties for biomedical applications.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, USA.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jingyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhi-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: Gregory V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Hartland
authors.forename: Xingde
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marquez
authors.forename: Younan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010777:Photochemistry; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D006046:Gold