An exquisite sensitivity to the local environment combined with their ability to dramatically concentrate electromagnetic fields makes plasmon-resonant nanoparticles ideal candidates for reporting on their local environment.  These properties enable the assembly of both stimulus responsive materials, and the use of metal nanostructures as reporters of their own nucleation, growth, and assembly. In this talk, we explore the synthesis and characterization of hybrid metal/polymer nanostructures, where the polymeric materials can either template the self-assembly of the metals, or direct the synthesis of specific architectures from solution precursors.  These studies provide real-time optical probes of the synthesis and assembly state of colloidal nanostructures.

Synthesis and directed assembly plasmonic nanostructures

2019 Spring National Meeting

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