title: Watching single nanoparticles grow in real time through supercontinuum spectroscopy.
abstract: A fast dark-field scattering technique capturing full broadband spectra with millisecond time-resolution enables us to monitor the growth or assembly of single nano-objects in situ and in real time. Applying this technique to study the growth of single gold nanorods, together with scanning electron microscopy and finite-difference time-domain simulations, reveals precise quantitative information about gold nanorod growth kinetics.
authors: NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK.
authors: Lars O
authors: LO
authors: Herrmann
authors: Jeremy J
authors: JJ
authors: Baumberg
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006046:Gold
keywords: gold; kinetics; laser spectroscopy; nanoparticles; optics