Enhancing the Photothermal Stability of Plasmonic Metal Nanoplates by a Core-Shell Architecture

Plasmonic core-shell bimetal nanoplates: A facile seeded-growth strategy is developed to prepare uniform plasmonic [email protected] core-shell bimetallic nanoplates. The as-prepared [email protected] nanoplates are not only uniform in both size and shape, but also display tunable SPR properties and significantly enhanced photothermal stability as compared with 2D pure-Ag nanostructures. They can thus be readily used as stable substrates for NIR surface-enhanced Raman scattering and as NIR absorbers for photothermal cancer therapy. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.