Induced pH-dependent shift by local surface plasmon resonance in functionalized gold nanorods
Open Access
- 22 February 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nanoscale Research Letters
- Vol. 8 (1), 103
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276x-8-103
Abstract
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectroscopy of metallic nanoparticles is a powerful tool for chemical and biological sensing experiments. In this study, we observed LSPR shifts of 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid modified gold nanorods (GNR-MUA) for the pH range of 6.41 to 8.88. We proposed a mechanism involving changes of the dipole moment after protonation/deprotonation carboxylic groups of 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA) which plays an important role by modulating LSPR around the functionalized GNR. Such a stable and easily prepared GNR-MUA has potential to become one of the most efficient and promising pH nanosensors to study intra- or extra-cellular pH in a wide range of chemical or biological systems.Keywords
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