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Asymmetric growth of Au-core/Ag-shell nanorods with a strong octupolar plasmon resonance and an efficient second-harmonic generation

Sijing Ding1,2,§, Dajie Yang3,§, Xiaoli Liu4,§, Fan Nan1, Ziqiang Cheng1, Song-Jin Im5, Li Zhou1, Jianfang Wang2( ), Ququan Wang1,3( )
Department of PhysicsKey Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of the Ministry of EducationWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
Department of PhysicsThe Chinese University of Hong KongShatin, Hong KongChina
The Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
Department of PhysicsQufu Normal UniversityQufu273165China
Department of PhysicsKim Il Sung UniversityPyongyangDemocratic People's Republic of Korea

§ Sijing Ding, Dajie Yang, and Xiaoli Liu contributed equally to this work.

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Colloidal Au-core/Ag-shell nanorods with an asymmetric transverse cross-section and a strong octupolar plasmon resonance are synthesized by the controlled growth of Ag shells on one side of the Au cores. A largely enhanced second harmonic generation (SHG) from these asymmetric core–shell nanorods is demonstrated for the first time by tuning the dipolar and the octupolar plasmon modes to make them resonant with the fundamental and harmonic frequencies, respectively. The SHG intensity of the Au–Ag nanorods with dual-frequency resonances is enhanced by 21 times compared to that of the bare Au nanorods. The co-existence of the dipolar, quadrupolar, and octupolar radiations in the SHG is revealed. Additionally, the cellular uptake of the Au–Ag nanorods is monitored and the evolution of the membrane bleb is successfully observed by the SHG imaging. Our observations provide a strategy for enhancing the SHG of the colloidal metal nanoparticles and can have applications in chemical process monitoring and biological sensing.

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gold-core/silver-shell nanorodsasymmetric growthoctupole surface plasmon resonancesecond-harmonic generation

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Nano Research
Volume 11 Issue 2,
February 2018
Pages 686-695
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-017-1678-0
Cite this article:
Ding S, Yang D, Liu X, et al. Asymmetric growth of Au-core/Ag-shell nanorods with a strong octupolar plasmon resonance and an efficient second-harmonic generation. Nano Research, 2018, 11(2): 686-695. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1678-0

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Received: 12 March 2017
Revised: 12 May 2017
Accepted: 15 May 2017
Published: 25 July 2017
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