Electrochemical Charging of Single Gold Nanorods Export

@article{citeulike:5978361, abstract = {PMID: 19824726 Metal nanocrystals are commonly used to mediate important chemical reactions such as water splitting and CO oxidation. To investigate such redox reactions in detail, it would be useful to be able to carry out electrochemistry on single metal nanocrystals. We report here that the surface plasmon resonance of a single gold nanocrystal can be reversibly and rapidly tuned by tens of nanometers electrochemically. The spectral shifts are more sensitive for elongated morphologies such as rods and lead to color changes perceptible by eye.}, author = {Novo, Carolina and Funston, Alison M. and Gooding, Ann K. and Mulvaney, Paul}, citeulike-article-id = {5978361}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja905216h}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja905216h}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1021/ja905216h}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, keywords = {electrochemistry, nanoparticles}, month = {October}, number = {41}, pages = {14664--14666}, posted-at = {2009-10-21 04:04:05}, priority = {2}, title = {Electrochemical Charging of Single Gold Nanorods}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja905216h}, volume = {131}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5978361 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5978361 N2 - PMID: 19824726 Metal nanocrystals are commonly used to mediate important chemical reactions such as water splitting and CO oxidation. To investigate such redox reactions in detail, it would be useful to be able to carry out electrochemistry on single metal nanocrystals. We report here that the surface plasmon resonance of a single gold nanocrystal can be reversibly and rapidly tuned by tens of nanometers electrochemically. The spectral shifts are more sensitive for elongated morphologies such as rods and lead to color changes perceptible by eye. IS - 41 JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society EP - 14666 TI - Electrochemical Charging of Single Gold Nanorods VL - 131 SP - 14664 KW - electrochemistry KW - nanoparticles AU - Novo, Carolina AU - Funston, Alison AU - Gooding, Ann AU - Mulvaney, Paul PY - 2009/10/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja905216h ER -