Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Natural Sciences
First Advisor
Sendova, Mariana
Area of Concentration
Physics
Abstract
The surface plasmon resonances of nanomaterials are dependent on the geometry of the particles, especially in single-particle studies [5, 17, 16, 22, 23, 32, 37]. The selective excitations of anisotropic nanomaterials lead to novel effects [40, 42, 44, 49, 50, 61, 62, 66, 71]. Using singlemolecule microscopy, gold nanorods (GNRs) embedded in a dielectric are imaged. The nanorods are observed with monochromatic excitation and white light excitation. Under polarization the nanorods show varying scattering spectra and light emission. From this it is shown that GNRs have orientation dependent scattering properties.
Recommended Citation
McAloon, Abigail, "Optical Polarization from the Surface Plasmon Resonances of a Single Gold Nanorod" (2016). Theses & ETDs. 5244.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/5244