Issue 38, 2013
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Soft Matter

Solvent-induced division of plasmonic clusters†

Marek Grzelczak,*ab   Ana Sánchez-Iglesiasa  and  Luis M. Liz-Marzán*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain
E-mail: mgrzelczak@cicbiomagune.es, llizmarzan@cicbiomagune.es

b Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain

c Departamento de Química Física, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain

Abstract

The dimensions of spherical plasmonic clusters strongly depend on the concentration of their building blocks. We show here that for binary clusters consisting of nanoparticle building blocks with different sizes and relative content, the overall size of the clusters remains constant. However, in the presence of a good solvent the clusters undergo fission to produce smaller units with homogenously distributed building blocks.

Graphical abstract: Solvent-induced division of plasmonic clusters

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3SM51015H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Apr 2013
Accepted
20 Jun 2013
First published
24 Jun 2013

Soft Matter, 2013,9, 9094-9098

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Solvent-induced division of plasmonic clusters

M. Grzelczak, A. Sánchez-Iglesias and L. M. Liz-Marzán, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 9094 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM51015H

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