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The Tunable and Well-Controlled Surface Plasmon Resonances of Au Hollow Nanostructures by a Chemical Route

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Au plasmonic hollow spherical nanostructures were synthesized by electrochemical reduction (GRR, the Galvanic Replacement Reaction) using Ag nanoparticles as templates. From UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, it was found that the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of gold hollow spherical nanostructures first showed red shift and then blue shift. However, further addition of gold precursor (HAuCl4) resulted into a red shift of SPR peak. The morphological changes from Ag nanoparticles to Au hollow nanostructures were assessed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX)analysis. The Mie Scattering theory based simulations of SPR of Au hollow nanostructures were performed which are in good agreement with the experimental observations. Based on the experimental observations and theoretical calculations, a complete growth mechanism for Au hollow nanostructures is proposed.

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This project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21473115; No.11274004), the National Youth Foundation of China (grant no. 11204189), NCET (Grant No. NCET-13-0915), Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation (grant number 151010) and the Scientific Research Base Development Program of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education.

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  1. The Beijing Key Laboratory for Nano-Photonics and Nano-Structure, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

    Weidan Ma, Huifang Yang, Zhipeng Li, Duan Zhang, Lisheng Zhang, Yan Fang & Peijie Wang

  2. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. HomiBhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India

    SulabhaKulkarni

  3. Elementary Educational College, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

    Duan Zhang

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Ma, W., Yang, H., Li, Z. et al. The Tunable and Well-Controlled Surface Plasmon Resonances of Au Hollow Nanostructures by a Chemical Route. Plasmonics 13, 47–53 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-016-0482-0

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