Ultraviolet Plasmonic Chirality from Colloidal Aluminum Nanoparticles Exhibiting Charge-Selective Protein Detection

Adv Mater. 2015 Oct 28;27(40):6244-50. doi: 10.1002/adma.201503493. Epub 2015 Sep 19.

Abstract

Chiral aluminum nanoparticles, dispersed in water, are prepared, which provide strong ultraviolet plasmonic circular dichroism, high-energy superchiral near-fields, and charge-selective protein detection.

Keywords: chiral nanopyramids; circular dichroism; metal nanoparticles; protein adsorption and detection; ultraviolet plasmonics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Aluminum / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Chickens
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Colloids / chemistry*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Muramidase / chemistry
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry
  • Static Electricity
  • Trypsin / chemistry
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Colloids
  • Water
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Aluminum
  • Muramidase
  • Trypsin