Prof. Ringe’s work on Au/Pd octopods has been published in Scientific Reports!
By mapping the plasmon resonances and the composition of Au/Pd octopods with STEM-EELS and STEM-EDS, this research shows that Au particles incorporating a catalytically active but heavily damped metal, Pd, sustain multiple size-dependent localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) that are narrow and strongly localized at the Pd-rich tips. This work was performed in collaboration with researchers across the globe, including Sara Skrabalak (Indiana), Rafal Dunin-Borkowski (Jeulich, Germany) and Paul Midgley (Cambridge, UK).
See the article here
and the press release here