title: "Clicked" plasmonic core-satellites: covalently assembled gold nanoparticles.
abstract: In this communication, we describe the covalent assembly of gold nanoparticles into core-satellite clusters using the "cream of the crop" Click reaction, namely, azide-alkyne Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) confirm the successful "Click" between the plasmonic cores and satellites.
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gandra
authors.forename: Srikanth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singamaneni