Plasmonic Encoding

Abstract

With their small sizes and unique and controllable properties, nanostructures are poised to fulfill an important need in the covert tracking and tagging of materials and living systems. Furthermore, multimodal materials that are able to not only tag, but dramatically affect their environments (e.g. through gene regulation) could be of great interest. To these ends, we proposed two related research paths: the nanowire-based synthesis of novel surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates that are solution dispersible and undetectable by the naked eye called Nanodisk Codes (NDCs), and novel fluorescence-based nanoparticles that can easily transfect cellular membranes and report out on cellular activity, called Nanoflares.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 06, 2014
Accession Number
ADA614625

Entities

People

  • Chad Mirkin

Organizations

  • Northwestern University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Environment
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanostructures
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optical Properties
  • Plasmonic Metamaterials
  • Raman Scattering
  • Scattering
  • Scientific Research
  • Standards
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance

Readers

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Microelectronics