Surface plasmons and vibrations of self-assembled silver nanocolumns

Jeremie Margueritat; Jose Gonzalo; Carmen N Afonso; Adnen Mlayah; Daniel B Murray; Lucien Saviot

doi:10.1021/nl061237h

Surface plasmons and vibrations of self-assembled silver nanocolumns

Nano Lett. 2006 Sep;6(9):2037-42. doi: 10.1021/nl061237h.

Authors

Jeremie Margueritat¹, Jose Gonzalo, Carmen N Afonso, Adnen Mlayah, Daniel B Murray, Lucien Saviot

Affiliation

¹ Laser Processing Group, Instituto de Optica, CSIC, Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain, and Laboratoire de Physique des solides, UMR 5477 CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France. j.margueritat@io.cfmac.csic.es

PMID: 16968022
DOI: 10.1021/nl061237h

Abstract

Optical and vibrational properties of novel self-assembled silver nanocolumns are studied experimentally and theoretically. The split of the surface plasmon resonance into transverse and longitudinal modes verifies the one-dimensional character of the nanocolumns. In this work, we have identified the acoustic vibration modes of the nanocolumns using Raman scattering, as spheroid-like modes (l = 2, m = +/-2) involving vibrations of the nanocolumns along their minor axes and the existence of surface plasmon-vibration coupling mechanisms.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computer Simulation
Crystallization / methods*
Light
Materials Testing
Models, Chemical*
Models, Molecular*
Nanotubes / chemistry*
Nanotubes / radiation effects
Nanotubes / ultrastructure*
Particle Size
Surface Plasmon Resonance / methods*
Surface Properties
Vibration