Orientational imaging of a single plasmonic nanoparticle using dark-field hyperspectral imaging

Nishir Mehta; Amirreza Mahigir; Georgios Veronis; Manas Ranjan Gartia

doi:10.1117/12.2274695

25 August 2017 Orientational imaging of a single plasmonic nanoparticle using dark-field hyperspectral imaging

Nishir Mehta, Amirreza Mahigir, Georgios Veronis, Manas Ranjan Gartia

Proceedings Volume 10346, Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications XV; 1034631 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274695
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Orientation of plasmonic nanostructures is an important feature in many nanoscale applications such as catalyst, biosensors DNA interactions, protein detections, hotspot of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and fluorescence resonant energy transfer (FRET) experiments. However, due to diffraction limit, it is challenging to obtain the exact orientation of the nanostructure using standard optical microscope. Hyperspectral Imaging Microscopy is a state-of-the-art visualization technology that combines modern optics with hyperspectral imaging and computer system to provide the identification and quantitative spectral analysis of nano- and microscale structures. In this work, initially we use transmitted dark field imaging technique to locate single nanoparticle on a glass substrate. Then we employ hyperspectral imaging technique at the same spot to investigate orientation of single nanoparticle. No special tagging or staining of nanoparticle has been done, as more likely required in traditional microscopy techniques. Different orientations have been identified by carefully understanding and calibrating shift in spectral response from each different orientations of similar sized nanoparticles. Wavelengths recorded are between 300 nm to 900 nm. The orientations measured by hyperspectral microscopy was validated using finite difference time domain (FDTD) electrodynamics calculations and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. The combination of high resolution nanometer-scale imaging techniques and the modern numerical modeling capacities thus enables a meaningful advance in our knowledge of manipulating and fabricating shaped nanostructures. This work will advance our understanding of the behavior of small nanoparticle clusters useful for sensing, nanomedicine, and surface sciences.

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Nishir Mehta, Amirreza Mahigir, Georgios Veronis, and Manas Ranjan Gartia "Orientational imaging of a single plasmonic nanoparticle using dark-field hyperspectral imaging", Proc. SPIE 10346, Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications XV, 1034631 (25 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274695

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