A molecular ruler based on plasmon coupling of single gold and silver nanoparticles - eScholarship

A Molecular Ruler Based on Plasmon Coupling of Single Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Carsten Sonnichsen 1,x , Bjorn M. Reinhard 2,x , Jan Liphardt 2, ** , A. Paul Alivisatos 1, ** Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley and Materials Science Division, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA ** Correspondence should be addressed to J.L. (liphardt@physics.berkeley.edu) or A.P.A. (alivis@berkeley.edu) x These authors contributed equally to this work