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A Technique to Functionalize and Self-assemble Macroscopic Nanoparticle-ligand Monolayer Films onto Template-free Substrates
Published on: May 9, 2014
Polymer-assisted self-assembly of gold nanoparticle monolayers and their dynamical switching
Tao Ding1, Adam W Rudrum, Lars O Herrmann
1Nanophotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK. dt413@cam.ac.uk jjb12@cam.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Dynamic switching of plasmonic monolayers built of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is achieved using nano-coatings of poly(isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM). The distance between AuNPs can be dynamically tuned through the repeatable expansion and contraction of the PNIPAM shells at different temperatures, which results in rapid switching of the optical properties of the AuNP monolayer.
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