Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9577627 | Chemical Physics Letters | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Gold nanoparticles of variable sizes have been exploited to study their influence on the absorption and emission spectral characteristics of eosin, a fluorescent dye. It has been found that smaller particles of gold stimulate J-aggregation of eosin on the surface of metal particles whereas larger particles cannot induce any kind of aggregation amongst the dye molecules. The size regime dependence of the gold nanoparticles has been attributed to the intercluster interactions induced by the dye molecules for smaller gold nanoparticles and consequently, close packing of the dye molecules around the gold surface engenders intermolecular interactions amongst the dye molecules leading to dimerization.
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Authors
Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Anjali Pal, Sudip Nath, Subrata Kundu, Sudipa Panigrahi, Tarasankar Pal,