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Optical determination and identification of organic shells around nanoparticles: application to silver nanoparticles

N. AbdellaouiAlexandre VialD. ChaumontA. GwiazdaPierre-michel AdamT. MaurerJean-louis BijeonM. Bourezzou

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inorganic chemicalsMaterials scienceMie scatteringeducationSilver nanoparticleShell (structure)FOS: Physical sciencesNanoparticlePhysics::Optics02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry01 natural sciencesSilver nanoparticlesurface enhanced raman spectroscopychemistry.chemical_compoundlocalized surface plasmon resonanceMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)Physics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersMie theoryGeneral Materials ScienceSurface plasmon resonancehealth care economics and organizationsPlasmonCondensed Matter - Materials ScienceCondensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physicstechnology industry and agricultureMaterials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter Physics0104 chemical scienceschemistryChemical engineering[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonicorganic shells0210 nano-technologyEthylene glycol

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We present a simple method to prove the presence of an organic shell around silver nanoparticles. This method is based on the comparison between optical extinction measurements of isolated nanoparticles and Mie calculations predicting the expected wavelength of the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of the nanoparticles with and without the presence of an organic layer. This method was applied to silver nanoparticles which seemed to be well protected from oxidation. Further experimental characterization via Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) measurements allowed to identify this protective shell as ethylene glycol. Combining LSPR and SERS measurements could thus give proof of both presence and identification for other plasmonic nanoparticles surrounded by organic shells.

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2013-04-30
10.1142/s1793292013500161http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7113