@inproceedings{e3d20de94dae4e65b0dc9b5596b46a3e,
title = "Alkanethiol mediated release of surface bound nanoparticles fabricated by nanosphere lithography",
abstract = "This work presents an innovative approach to produce monodisperse solution-phase triangular silver nanoparticles with well-controlled geometry. Ag nanotriangles are fabricated by nanosphere lithography (NSL), functionalized with alkanethiol molecules and then released from the substrate into solution. The resulting single isolated nanoparticles are subsequently asymmetrically functionalized with alkanedithiol molecules to form dimer pairs. The optical properties of the Ag nanoparticles have been measured using UV-Vis spectroscopy while their structural properties have been characterized using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Theoretical calculations based on Mie theory and the Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA) method have been done to interpret the optical properties of the released Ag nanoparticles.",
author = "Jing Zhao and Haes, {Amanda J.} and Xiaoyu Zhang and Shengli Zou and Hicks, {Erin M.} and Schatz, {George C.} and {Van Duyne}, {Richard P.}",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1557/proc-0900-o13-08",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "1558998543",
series = "Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings",
publisher = "Materials Research Society",
pages = "490--495",
booktitle = "Nanoparticles and Nanostructures in Sensors and Catalysis",
note = "2005 MRS Fall Meeting ; Conference date: 28-11-2005 Through 02-12-2005",
}