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Plasmon-Coupled Nanostructures Comprising Finite Number of Gold Particles

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We report a simple method for preparation of plasmonic nanostructures containing two, three, four, and five closely spaced 15-nm gold particles. The structures were separated from each other and purified to greater than 90 % by electrophoresis. The plasmon absorption spectra of the structures are redshifted with respect to the spectrum of gold nanoparticles not connected to each other. The magnitude of the redshift is directly proportional to the number of nanoparticles in the structure.

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This work was supported by the Israel Science Foundation, 172/10.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of life Sciences and The Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Shay Halamish, Gennady Eidelshtein & Alexander Kotlyar

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Halamish, S., Eidelshtein, G. & Kotlyar, A. Plasmon-Coupled Nanostructures Comprising Finite Number of Gold Particles. Plasmonics 8, 745–748 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-012-9466-x

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