title: 3D self-assembled plasmonic superstructures of gold nanospheres: synthesis and characterization at the single-particle level.
abstract: The synthesis of 3D self-assembled plasmonic superstructures of gold nanospheres as well as the characterization of their structural and optical properties at the single-particle level is presented. This experimental work is complemented by FEM (finite element method) simulations of elastic scattering spectra and the spatial |E|(4)  distribution for establishing structure-activity correlations in these complex 3D nanoclusters.
authors: Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, D-49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
authors: Magdalena
authors: M
authors: Gellner
authors: Dennis
authors: D
authors: Steinigeweg
authors: Sachar
authors: S
authors: Ichilmann
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Salehi
authors: Max
authors: M
authors: Schütz
authors: Karsten
authors: K
authors: Kömpe
authors: Markus
authors: M
authors: Haase
authors: Sebastian
authors: S
authors: Schlücker
mesh_terms: D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010316:Particle Size; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D006046:Gold