title: A method to correlate optical properties and structures of metallic nanoparticles.
abstract: The optical response of individual nanoparticles is strongly influenced by their structures. In this report, we present a quick and simple pattern-matching based approach in which optical images of nanoparticles from localized surface plasmon resonance and single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy were used in conjunction with transmission electron microscopy for correlation of optical responses and the nanostructures of exactly the same nanoparticles or clusters of nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 N. Campus Dr., Cook Hall Rm. 2036, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Eswaramoorthy
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Sherry
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dieringer
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Camden
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Van Duyne
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Marks