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Nanoshells: gifts in a gold wrapper

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Researchers in the field of 'nanophotonics' are attempting to fabricate the smallest possible structures with optical functionality. The ability to engineer silica–gold nanoshell particles may increase the importance of metals in a range of nanophotonic and biological applications.

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Figure 1: Formation of a nanoshell dimer through the interaction of antibodies immobilized on the nanoshell surface with the analyte.

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  1. *American Physical Society, Focus session: Photonics and the Nanoscale: Devices, Materials and Chemistry Austin, Texas, USA, March 3–7, 2003.

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Brongersma, M. Nanoshells: gifts in a gold wrapper. Nature Mater 2, 296–297 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat891

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