Measuring the Optical Absorption Cross Sections of Au−Ag Nanocages and Au Nanorods by Photoacoustic Imaging

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• 作者：Eun Chul Cho ; Chulhong Kim ; Fei Zhou ; Claire M. Cobley ; Kwang Hyun Song ; Jingyi Chen ; Zhi-Yuhan Li ; Lihong V. Wang ; Younan Xia
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：May 28, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：113
• 期：21
• 页码：9023-9028
• 全文大小：224K
• 年卷期：v.113,no.21(May 28, 2009)
• ISSN：1932-7455

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This paper presents a method for measuring the optical absorption cross sections (σ_a) of Au−Ag nanocages and Au nanorods. The method is based on photoacoustic (PA) imaging, where the detected signal is directly proportional to the absorption coefficient (μ_a) of the nanostructure. For each type of nanostructure, we first obtained μ_a from the PA signal by benchmarking against a linear calibration curve (PA signal versus μ_a) derived from a set of methylene blue solutions with different concentrations. We then calculated σ_a by dividing the μ_a by the corresponding concentration of the Au nanostructure. Additionally, we obtained the extinction cross section (σ_e, sum of absorption and scattering) from the extinction spectrum recorded using a conventional UV−vis−NIR spectrometer. From the measurements of σ_a and σ_e, we were able to easily derive both the absorption and scattering cross sections for each type of gold nanostructure. The ratios of absorption to extinction obtained from experimental and theoretical approaches agreed well, demonstrating the potential use of this method in determining the optical absorption and scattering properties of gold nanostructures and other types of nanomaterials.