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US 2010/0304173 A1Published application
Plasmonic-Driven Synthesis of Nanoprisms from Isotropic and Anisotropic Gold Cores
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsChad A. Mirkin, Can Xue, Jill E. Millstone
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Abstract
A nanoprism having a prismatic silver shell formed about a gold core and a process of forming the same are disclosed. The process includes irradiating a mixture of gold and silver nanoparticles with a narrow band of wavelengths capable of exciting the surface plasmon resonance of the gold.
Claims22
A nanoprism comprising a gold core and a silver prismatic shell.
A nanoprism having a gold core and a silver prismatic shell produced by a process comprising:
- irradiating a mixture comprising at least one gold nanoparticle and at least one silver nanoparticle with a narrow band of wavelengths capable of exciting a surface plasmon resonance of the gold nanoparticle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.