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Understanding the detailed relationship between nanoparticle structure and activity remains a significant challenge for the field of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. To this end, the structural and optical properties of individual plasmonic nanoantennas comprised of Au nanoparticle assemblies that are coated with organic reporter molecules and encapsulated by a SiO(2) shell have been determined using correlated transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dark-field Rayleigh scattering microscopy, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) microscopy, and finite element method (FEM) calculations. The distribution of SERS enhancement factors (EFs) for a structurally and optically diverse set of nanoantennas is remarkably narrow. For a collection of 30 individual nanoantennas ranging from dimers to heptamers, the EFs vary by less than 2 orders of magnitude. Furthermore, the EFs for the hot-spot-containing nanoparticles are uncorrelated to aggregation state and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) wavelength but are crucially dependent on the size of the interparticle gap. This study demonstrates that the creation of hot spots, where two particles are in subnanometer proximity or have coalesced to form crevices, is paramount to achieving maximum SERS enhancements.
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Ouro/química , Nanopartículas Metálicas/química , Dimerização , Dióxido de Silício/química , Análise Espectral RamanRESUMO
The carbonylation of alkynyl oxiranes catalyzed by (MePh(2))(4)Pd in the presence of 20 atm of carbon monoxide in methanol gives methyl 5-hydroxy-2,3-pentadienoates in good yields. When the reaction is performed on alkynyl oxiranemethanol derivatives, 4,5-dihydrofuran-3-ol derivatives are obtained stereoselectively. These products arise from the spontaneous cyclization of a dihydroxyallenyl ester intermediate.
