Optical Properties and Ultrafast Dynamics of Metalic Naocrystals

TitleOptical Properties and Ultrafast Dynamics of Metalic Naocrystals
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsLink, S, EL-Sayed, MA
JournalAnnual Review of Physical Chemistry
Volume54
Issue1
Pagination331 - 366
Date Published2003
ISBN Number0066-426X
Abstract

? Abstract? Noble metal particles have long fascinated scientists because of their intense color, which led to their application in stained glass windows as early as the Middle Ages. The recent resurrection of colloidal and cluster chemistry has brought about the strive for new materials that allow a bottoms-up approach of building improved and new devices with nanoparticles or artificial atoms. In this review, we discuss some of the properties of individual and some assembled metallic nanoparticles with a focus on their interaction with cw and pulsed laser light of different energies. The potential application of the plasmon resonance as sensors is discussed.? Abstract? Noble metal particles have long fascinated scientists because of their intense color, which led to their application in stained glass windows as early as the Middle Ages. The recent resurrection of colloidal and cluster chemistry has brought about the strive for new materials that allow a bottoms-up approach of building improved and new devices with nanoparticles or artificial atoms. In this review, we discuss some of the properties of individual and some assembled metallic nanoparticles with a focus on their interaction with cw and pulsed laser light of different energies. The potential application of the plasmon resonance as sensors is discussed.

URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.physchem.54.011002.103759
Short TitleAnnu. Rev. Phys. Chem.