title: Gold plating of silver nanoparticles for superior stability and preserved plasmonic and sensing properties.
abstract: Gold-plated silver nanoparticles (Au@AgNPs, shell@core) with high stability in various environments detrimental to AgNPs have been produced with preserved plasmonic and sensing properties.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada. vkitaev@wlu.ca.
authors.forename: Nimer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murshid
authors.forename: Ilya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gourevich
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Coombs
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kitaev
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000737:chemistry; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D012834:Silver; D006046:Gold; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide