Dye-labeled silver nanoshell-bright particle.

Jian Zhang; Ignacy Gryczynski; Zygmunt Gryczynski; Joseph R Lakowicz

doi:10.1021/jp057032z

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Dye-labeled silver nanoshell-bright particle.

Jian Zhang·Ignacy Gryczynski·Zygmunt Gryczynski·Joseph R Lakowicz

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Silica beads with average diameters of 40-600 nm were prepared, and Ru(bpy)3(2+) complexes were incorporated into the beads. These beads were coated by silver layer by layer to generate porous but continuous metal nanoshells. The thicknesses of these metal shells were 5-50 nm. The emission band from the dyes in the silica cores was more narrow and the intensity was enhanced with growth of silver shell thickness due to coupling of the emission light from Ru(bpy)3(2+) in the cores with the metal plasmon from the silver shells. The enhancement of emission intensity was also dependent on the size of the silica core, showing that the enhancement efficiency decreased with an increase in the size of the silica beads. Lifetime measurements support the coupling mechanism between the dye and metal shell. This study can be used to develop novel dye-labeled metal particles with bright and narrow emission bands.

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Jian Zhang, Ignacy Gryczynski, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Joseph R Lakowicz. 2006-05-11. Dye-labeled silver nanoshell-bright particle.. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp057032z

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