Issue 38, 2016

Engineering high refractive index sensitivity through the internal and external composition of bimetallic nanocrystals

Abstract

High refractive index sensitivity (RIS) of branched Au–Pd nanocrystals (NCs) is engineered through lowering the dielectric dispersion at the NC resonant wavelength with internal or external atomic % Pd. To our knowledge, these NCs display the highest ensemble RIS measurement for colloids with LSPR maximum band positions ≤900 nm, and these results are corroborated with FDTD computations.

Graphical abstract: Engineering high refractive index sensitivity through the internal and external composition of bimetallic nanocrystals

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 May 2016
Accepted
21 Jun 2016
First published
27 Jun 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 16841-16845

Engineering high refractive index sensitivity through the internal and external composition of bimetallic nanocrystals

A. F. Smith, S. M. Harvey, S. E. Skrabalak and R. G. Weiner, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 16841 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR04085C

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