Synthesis of colloidal plasmonic microspheres via spontaneous formation and three-dimensional assembly of metal nanoparticles

Hyojin Park; Keumrai Whang; Yonghee Shin; Jungchul Lee; Taewook Kang

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.34, No.7, 2086-2091, July, 2017

DOI10.1007/s11814-017-0099-9 Export Citation

Synthesis of colloidal plasmonic microspheres via spontaneous formation and three-dimensional assembly of metal nanoparticles

Hyojin Park, Keumrai Whang, Yonghee Shin, Jungchul Lee¹, and Taewook Kang^†

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Korea
¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Korea

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We report the synthesis of colloidal plasmonic microspheres by taking advantage of emulsions of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in metal precursor solution. Within the emulsion, both the spontaneous formation and threedimensional (3D) assembly of metal nanoparticles take place at room temperature. The number of the nanoparticles being assembled in the microsphere is controllable according to the concentration of a metal precursor. In addition, owing to the surface charge and porosity of PDMS, positively charged and neutral molecules can be more concentrated in the plasmonic microsphere. We use this plasmonic microsphere for the detection of environmentally and biologically important molecules via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, since 3D assembly of metal nanoparticles in the microsphere is size-comparable to a probed volume of incident light.

Keywords:Plasmonic Microsphere;Metal Nanoparticles;3D Assembly;Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS);Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

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