George C. Schatz

Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical techniqu...

The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles:  The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment

The optical properties of metal nanoparticles have long been of interest in physical chemistry, starting with Faraday's investigations of colloidal gold in the middle 1800s. Mor...

Photoinduced Conversion of Silver Nanospheres to Nanoprisms

A photoinduced method for converting large quantities of silver nanospheres into triangular nanoprisms is reported. The photo-process has been characterized by time-dependent ul...

Chain Length Dependence and Sensing Capabilities of the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Silver Nanoparticles Chemically Modified with Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers

In this paper, we explore the optical properties of Ag nanoparticles chemically modified with alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) by measuring the localized surface pla...

Electrodynamics of Noble Metal Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle Clusters

Nanosphere Lithography:  Effect of the External Dielectric Medium on the Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectrum of a Periodic Array of Silver Nanoparticles

In this paper we examine the effect of solvent on the optical extinction spectrum of periodic arrays of surface-confined silver nanoparticles fabricated by nanosphere lithograph...

Theoretical studies of surface enhanced Raman scattering

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleTheoretical studies of surface enhanced Raman scatteringGeorge C. SchatzCite this: Acc. Chem. Res. 1984, 17, 10, 370–376Publication Date ...

Nanosphere Lithography:  Effect of Substrate on the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectrum of Silver Nanoparticles

In this paper, we explore the optical contributions of the substrate to the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectrum of surface confined Ag nanoparticles produced by ...

Nanosphere Lithography:  Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectrum of a Periodic Array of Silver Nanoparticles by Ultraviolet−Visible Extinction Spectroscopy and Electrodynamic Modeling

In this paper we measure the optical extinction spectrum of a periodic array of silver nanoparticles fabricated by nanosphere lithography (NSL) and present detailed comparisons ...