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Local surface plasmon resonance of single silver nanorice particles in the near-infrared

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We report on the synthesis and optical spectra of silver nanorice particles. Two strong absorption bands are resolved in the near UV and near-IR region, and the dark field scattering spectra are consistent with the absorption spectra. Finite-difference time-domain simulations reveal that the peak in the IR region can be attributed to the E field that is parallel to the long axis, while the peak in the UV can be attributed to the E field perpendicular to the short axis of the silver nanorice particles.

This paper reports on the synthesis of Ag nanorices, and their characterization by optical absorption, TEM, dark field scattering microscopy of single Ag nanorice and theoretical simulations using time domain finite-difference time-domain method. Electric field distribution of Ag nanorice dimer excited by polarization along long axis.

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This work was supported by the 973 Program (2012CB626801), the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11274057 and 11374353), Science and Technology Project of Liaoning Province (Grant No. 2012222009), Program for Liaoning Excellent Talents in University (LNET) (Grant No. LJQ2012112), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. DC12010117), Science and Technique Foundation of Dalian (Grant No. 2010J21DW024 and 2012J21DW016), Science and Technology Project of Jinzhou New District (Grant No. 2012-A1-051).

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  1. School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, 116600, China

    Bin Dong, Di Qin, Yang Y. He & Bao S. Cao

  2. Department of Physics, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, China

    Di Qin, Yan X. Liu & Yong Ding

  3. College of Science, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, China

    Hong L. Shi & Wen Z. Wang

  4. Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Yui R. Fang

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Dong, B., Qin, D., Shi, H.L. et al. Local surface plasmon resonance of single silver nanorice particles in the near-infrared. Microchim Acta 181, 791–795 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-013-1135-z

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