Control of nanoparticle aggregation in aerogel hosts

Michael D W Grogan; S C Heck; L M Xiao; R England; S A Maier; Timothy A Birks

doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.09.018

Control of nanoparticle aggregation in aerogel hosts

Michael D W Grogan, S C Heck, L M Xiao, R England, S A Maier, Timothy A Birks

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Plasmonic aerogel containing 50 nm gold nanoparticles is made using a modified 2-step method that maintains control over the gel time while preventing nanoparticle aggregation. Strong narrow surface plasmon resonances verify that the nanoparticles are well dispersed within the silica matrix, and enable applications in sensing. SERS, nonlinear optics or plasmonic gain. Discrepancies between measured and simulated resonance wavelengths are attributed to the breakdown of the effective index approximation, due to the short-scale penetration of the resonance electric field into the host medium.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	241-245
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume	358
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.09.018
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2012

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