Gold nanoparticles with externally controlled, reversible shifts of local surface plasmon resonance bands

Langmuir. 2009 Nov 17;25(22):13120-4. doi: 10.1021/la901779k.

Abstract

We have achieved reversible tunability of local surface plasmon resonance in conjugated polymer functionalized gold nanoparticles. This property was facilitated by the preparation of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) containing polynorbornene brushes on gold nanoparticles via surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Reversible tuning of the surface plasmon band was achieved by electrochemically switching the EDOT polymer between its reduced and oxidized states.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / methods*

Substances

  • Gold