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      Three-dimensional orientation sensors by defocused imaging of gold nanorods through an ordinary wide-field microscope.

      ACS Nano
      Gold, chemistry, Luminescent Measurements, Microscopy, methods, Nanotubes, Optical Processes, Photons

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          Gold (Au) nanoparticles, particularly nanorods, are actively employed as imaging probes because of their special nonblinking and nonbleaching absorption, scattering, and emitting properties that arise from the excitation of surface plasmons. Herein, we report a novel sensing method that detects feature orientation at the nanoscale via the defocused imaging of individual Au nanorods (AuNRs) with an ordinary wide-field optical microscope. By simultaneously recording defocused images and two-photon luminescence intensities for a large number of individual AuNRs, we correlate their defocused images with their three-dimensional spatial orientations. The spatial orientation of many individual AuNRs can be monitored in situ and in real-time within a single frame, enabling its use as a technique for high-throughput sensing. The probe size can be as small as several nanometers, which is highly desirable for minimization of any potential interference from the probe itself. Furthermore, the sensing property is insensitive to the excitation polarization and the distribution of the probe aspect ratio, which allows AuNRs of any length within a proper regime to be used as orientation sensors without changing the laser frequency and polarization. These unique features make the orientation probes proposed here outstanding candidates for optical imaging and sensing in materials science and biological applications.

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          22264116
          10.1021/nn203979n

          Chemistry
          Gold,chemistry,Luminescent Measurements,Microscopy,methods,Nanotubes,Optical Processes,Photons
          Chemistry
          Gold, chemistry, Luminescent Measurements, Microscopy, methods, Nanotubes, Optical Processes, Photons

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