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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 82, Issue 12, Pages 5268-5274Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac1006848
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- NSFC [20605008, 20975036]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
- Hunan University
- Ames Laboratory
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The complete three-dimensional orientations of single gold nanorods (AuNR) were successfully resolved by using a standard optical darkfield microscope through deciphering the field distribution pattern in the slightly defocused darkfield images. The resulting images depend on the aspect ratio of the AuNR, the numerical aperture of the objective, the defocusing distance, and the polarization direction of the incident radiation. Interpretation of the observed images is facilitated by comparing them with a series of simulated images with different parameters. The experimental data matched well with the simulated results, and the reliability of this technique was further verified with polarization modulation experiments. Since deconvolution can be performed off-line after the images are recorded, this approach essentially allows video-rate data acquisition. The convenient, reliable and rapid angle-resolving capability should enable broad applications in imaging studies in many scientific fields.
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