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Platinum-coated Core-Shell Gold Nanorods as Multifunctional Orientation Sensors in Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

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We characterized the optical properties of single platinum-coated core-shell gold nanorods (Pt-AuNRs) under dark-field (DF) and differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy. Furthermore, we examined their potential use as multifunctional orientation probes. Longitudinal surface plasmon resonance damping was observed for single Pt-AuNRs due to Pt metals coated on the AuNR surface under single-particle scattering spectroscopy. Despite the strong plasmon damping with a much-decreased scattering intensity, DIC microscopy allowed us to detect single Pt-AuNRs with much higher sensitivity. We found polarization-dependent DIC images and intensities of single Pt-AuNRs, which allowed us to determine their orientation angle under DIC microscopy. Therefore, we report that single Pt-AuNRs can be used to develop multifunctional orientation probes under DIC microscopy.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. 2015R1C1A1A01052995).

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Kim, G.W., Ha, J.W. Platinum-coated Core-Shell Gold Nanorods as Multifunctional Orientation Sensors in Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy. ANAL. SCI. 33, 1021–1025 (2017). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.33.1021

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