title: High spatial resolution mapping of surface plasmon resonance modes in single and aggregated gold nanoparticles assembled on DNA strands.
abstract: We present the mapping of the full plasmonic mode spectrum for single and aggregated gold nanoparticles linked through DNA strands to a silicon nitride substrate. A comprehensive analysis of the electron energy loss spectroscopy images maps was performed on nanoparticles standing alone, dimers, and clusters of nanoparticles. The experimental results were confirmed by numerical calculations using the Mie theory and Gans-Mie theory for solving Maxwell's equations. Both bright and dark surface plasmon modes have been unveiled. PACS: 78.67.Bf; 61.46.Df; 87.64.Ee.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microscopía Electrónica y Materiales, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e I, M, y Q, I, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, s/n, 11510, Puerto Real Cádiz, Spain. carlos.diazegea@uca.es.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diaz-Egea
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authors.lastname: Sigle
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: van Aken
authors.forename: Sergio I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Molina
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