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Description:: Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) display unique characteristics compared to their macro-counterparts that are dependent on shape, size, and attached surface molecules. Methods have been developed to precisely control both size and shape of AuNPs for specific applications. The biocompatibility, plasmonic properties, and ease of functionalization with thiolated molecules, make gold nanoparticles...
Keyword:: gold nanopaticles, therapeutics, DNA, cancer vaccine, and plasmonics
Subject:: Nanotechnology, Chemistry, and Biology
Creator:: Coughlin, Emma
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/28/2021
Date Created:: 2021-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15532 and etdadmin_upload_815702

Description:: The unique ability of plasmonic nanoparticles to localize and enhance resonant electromagnetic fields has enabled a wealth of discoveries from enhanced spectroscopies to driving chemical reactions on the nanoscale. In this thesis, we strive to both drive and observe chemistry on plasmonic surfaces. First, we examine the possibility of driving...
Keyword:: ultrafast, plasmon, Raman, spectroscopy, nanoparticles, and plasmonics
Subject:: Physical chemistry
Creator:: Ueltschi, Tyler W
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 01/21/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_723530 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15027

Description:: Extensive study of nanomaterial chemical and optical properties has enabled their integration into a variety of applications. However, less thoroughly investigated are the heat generation and dissipation processes of nanomaterials following optical excitation. These phenomena are of immense importance as thermal energy can distort a material’s structure, which has profound...
Keyword:: spectroscopy, quantum dots, nanoparticles, and plasmonics
Subject:: Chemistry
Creator:: Kirschner, Matthew S
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14600 and etdadmin_upload_661149

Description:: The work presented in this dissertation is centered on experimental efforts to maximize the sensitivity of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) toward their application in ultrasensitive nanoscale chemical analysis. The work focuses on fundamental studies of the plasmonic properties of silver nanostructures, and how those properties...
Keyword:: tip-enhanced raman, nanoparticles, surface-enhanced raman, nanotechnology, and plasmonics
Subject:: Chemistry
Creator:: Matthew A. Young
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 07/30/2018
Date Modified:: 07/30/2018
Date Created:: 05-14-2007
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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