Acoustic and Optical Modes of Single Dumbbells of Gold Nanoparticles

Abstract

Gold vibrations: A new elastic (stretching) mode, appearing in individual dumbbells of gold nanospheres at 5–7 GHz (see figure), is a function of the contact area. This can be used to estimate the contact area between the particles, which plays an important role in the local enhancement of electromagnetic fields in such nanoantenna structures.