Teri Odom1
Northwestern University1
Anisotropic gold nanoparticles exhibit shape-dependent optical properties beneficial for optical sensing, biomedical imaging, and photocatalysis. This talk will discuss the fundamentals and applications of gold nanostars that support positive, negative, and neutral curvature. We will describe the details of gold nanostar growth and mechanistic insight gained from unconventional analytical tools. We will also discuss their functionalization with biological ligands that can facilitate both nanoparticle assembly and single-particle imaging of live-cell interactions.