Coexistence of plasmonic and magnetic properties in Au89Fe 11 nanoalloys

Vincenzo Amendola, Moreno Meneghetti, Osman Bakr, Pietro Riello, Stefano Polizzi, Dalaver H. Anjum, Stefania Fiameni, Paolo Arosio, Tomas Orlando, César De Julian Fernandez, Francesco Pineider, Claudio Sangregorio, Alessandro Lascialfari

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Abstract

We describe an environmentally friendly, top-down approach to the synthesis of Au89Fe11 nanoparticles (NPs). The plasmonic response of the gold moiety and the magnetism of the iron moiety coexist in the Au 89Fe11 nanoalloy with strong modification compared to single element NPs, revealing a non-linear surface plasmon resonance dependence on the iron fraction and a transition from paramagnetic to a spin-glass state at low temperature. These nanoalloys are accessible to conjugation with thiolated molecules and they are promising contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5611
JournalNanoscale
Volume5
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This research was supported by the University of Padova grant (PRAT) no. CPDA114097/11. CJF, CS, FP, AL and PA acknowledge Fondazione Cariplo (Project no. 2010-0612) and Italian MIUR (FIRB Project "RINAME" No. RBAP114AMK). FP acknowledges "Rete ItalNanoNet" (Pr. no. RBPR05JH2P).

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