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In this chapter I describe the synthetic methods for the particles used in this work. Initially bare gold nanorods are synthesized , which are used to investigate continuously the growth of bigger nanoparticles and the protein-membrane interaction on a single particle level . To reduce the single particle linewidth and therefore to increase the sensitivity on changes in the refractive index , these rods are coated with a thin silver shell . Another method to increase the sensitivity of nanoparticles is to produce hollow rod-shaped nanorattles, which were synthesized by Yuriy Khalavka . To investigate the polarization depend scattering spectra of different shapes with the RotPOL setup , differently shaped silver nanoparticles like cubes, rods and triangles were synthesized by Luigi Carbone, Yuriy Khalavka and myself.
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Becker, J. (2012). Synthesis of Nanoparticles. In: Plasmons as Sensors. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31241-0_3
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