title: Attenuating surface plasmon resonance via core/alloy architectures.
abstract: The layer-by-layer processing of Au/Au(x)Pd(1-x) core/alloy nanoparticles via microwave irradiation (MWI) based hydrothermal heating is described. Alloy shell growth was monitored by the attenuation of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) as a function of shell thickness and composition. Discrete dipole approximation (DDA) correlated the SPR to particle morphology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Njoki
authors.forename: Louis V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Wenjie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Rabeka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Mathew M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Maye