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1D Nanowire Synthesis: Extending the OWL Toolbox with Semiconductors to Explore Plasmon-Exciton Interactions in the Form of Long-Range Optical Nanoscale Rulers

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Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) between molecular fluorophores has been commonly used to measure the distance between molecular entities within biological systems. The technique, however, is limited to the sub-10 nm range. Herein, we take advantage of the strong plasmonic fields generated by gold nanorods to develop the first long-range “plasmophore rulers” (valid up to 100 nm) based on the distance-dependent modulation of the emission shape of a luminescent object by a resonant plasmonic nanorod.

Portions of this chapter have been published in Nano Letters 13 (5), 2270 (2013).

Co-authors of this work: Gilles R. Bourret, Martin Blaber, Chad M. Shade, George C. Schatz, Chad A. Mirkin.

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Ozel, T. (2016). 1D Nanowire Synthesis: Extending the OWL Toolbox with Semiconductors to Explore Plasmon-Exciton Interactions in the Form of Long-Range Optical Nanoscale Rulers. In: Coaxial Lithography. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45414-6_2

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