Influence of size, shape and core–shell interface on surface plasmon resonance in Ag and Ag@MgO nanoparticle films deposited on Si/SiO_x

Sergio D’Addato,
Daniele Pinotti,
Maria Chiara Spadaro,
Guido Paolicelli,
Vincenzo Grillo,
Sergio Valeri,
Luca Pasquali,
Luca Bergamini and
Stefano Corni

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Published 09 Feb 2015

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1. Figure 1: SEM images taken from (a) bare Ag NP deposited on Si/SiO_x substrates with t_Ag = 0.8 nm (given in eq...
  
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2. Figure 2: (a) STEM–HAADF image of Ag NPs, (b) atomically resolved TEM image of a single NP, revealing crystal...
  
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3. Figure 3: (a) Sketch of the geometry for the SDR experiments showing the incidence angle, Θ, and the system u...
  
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4. Figure 4: (a) SDR spectra of bare Ag NPs deposited on Si/SiO_x, t_Ag = 0.8 nm, taken under p-polarisation at di...
  
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5. Figure 5: (a) SDR spectra taken under p-polarisation excitation at Θ = 30° on Ag NPs deposited on Si/SiO_x aft...
  
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 404–413, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.40

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Direct monitoring of opto-mechanical switching of self-assembled monolayer films containing the azobenzene group

Einat Tirosh,
Enrico Benassi,
Silvio Pipolo,
Marcel Mayor,
Michal Valášek,
Veronica Frydman,
Stefano Corni and
Sidney R. Cohen

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Published 20 Dec 2011

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1. Figure 1: (a) Topography (color bar: 0–70 nm), (b) phase (color bar: 0–15 degrees), (c) error signal (scale i...
  
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2. Figure 2: (a) Topography (color bar: 0–70 nm), (b) phase (color bar: 0–15 degrees), (c) error signal (scale i...
  
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3. Figure 3: (a) Topography (color bar: 0–15 nm), (b) phase (color bar: 0–20 degrees), (c) error signal (scale i...
  
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4. Figure 4: Histogram of the normalized modulus for different illumination conditions: As prepared, at 365 nm f...
  
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5. Figure 5: Displacement vectors for the normal mode that dominates the averaged force constant of (a) trans- a...
  
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6. Figure 6: (a) Arrangement of the fixed sulfur atoms in the MD model of the SAM. The unit cell that has been p...
  
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7. Figure 7: Compound 1 and compound 2 (2-DA-thiol), showing the deprotection reaction yielding the molecule use...
  
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8. Figure 8: AFM images of (a) clean evaporated Au surface (500 × 500 nm² color bar 12 nm) and (b) surface coate...
  
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9. Figure 9: UV–vis spectra for thio-2-DA in chloroform solution after exposure to 365 nm light (cis form) and 4...
  
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10. Figure 10: Sketch of the model used to derive SAM stiffness from QM results on the single molecule. (a) A is t...
  
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11. Figure 11: Computational compression procedure: Force acting on the indenter as a function of the distance bet...
  
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