Optical properties of nanomaterials are at the basis of a host of new technology and prototypes, including sensors, computing devices, and enhancing substrates for spectroscopy, yet fundamental understanding on how to tune such properties is just emerging. Researchers at Northwestern University have previously developed a method to accurately correlate the structure and properties of nanoparticles at the single particle level. This technique has now been used in a high throughput fashion to observe and quantify how the optical response of nanocubes is affected by size, composition and environment.
Schematic showing how, upon incidence of white light, particles of different composition or environment scatter different colors
External collaborators: C. M. Cobley, Y. Xia, Washington University MRSEC
