Nonlinear light scattering and spectroscopy of particles and droplets in liquids

S Roke, G Gonella - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Nano-and microparticles have optical, structural, and chemical properties that differ from
both their building blocks and the bulk materials themselves. These different physical and …

Surface structure of sodium dodecyl sulfate surfactant and oil at the oil-in-water droplet liquid/liquid interface: a manifestation of a nonequilibrium surface state

HB De Aguiar, ML Strader, AGF de Beer… - The journal of physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We present sum frequency scattering spectra on kinetically stabilized emulsions consisting
of nanoscopic oil droplets in water, stabilized with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). We have …

On the models for understanding the second harmonic generation scattering from lipid membranes and the corresponding molecular kinetics

S Chen, Y Hou, B Xu, S Chen, Q Yuan… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2024 - Elsevier
The kinetics of molecular transportation through lipid membranes are key information for
understanding many biophysical processes in real cells or protocells. Second harmonic …

[HTML][HTML] Size dependence of second-harmonic scattering from nanoparticles: Disentangling surface and electrostatic contributions

B Chu, A Marchioro, S Roke - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Polarimetric angle-resolved second-harmonic scattering (AR-SHS) is an all-optical tool
enabling the study of unlabeled interfaces of nano-sized particles in an aqueous solution. As …

Activation of thiols at a silver nanoparticle surface

W Gan, B Xu, HL Dai - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Adsorption of organosulfur (thiol) molecules on noble metal surfaces has been widely used
to fabricate self-assembled monolayers or modify surface properties in a broad range of …

[HTML][HTML] Obtaining molecular orientation from second harmonic and sum frequency scattering experiments in water: Angular distribution and polarization dependence

AGF de Beer, S Roke - The Journal of chemical physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We present a method for determining molecular orientation from second-order nonlinear
light scattering experiments. Our modeling shows that there is an optimal angular region, for …

Time-resolved molecular transport across living cell membranes

J Zeng, HM Eckenrode, SM Dounce, HL Dai - Biophysical Journal, 2013 - cell.com
It is shown that the nonlinear optical phenomenon known as second-harmonic generation
can be used for label-free, time-resolved study of the transport of molecules through living …

Second harmonic light scattering from the surface of colloidal objects: theory and applications

G Gonella, HL Dai - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Because properties of colloids containing micro-and nano-particles are much influenced by
the structure of, and interactions occurring at, the particle surface, it is important to be able to …

Separating surface structure and surface charge with second-harmonic and sum-frequency scattering

AGF de Beer, RK Campen, S Roke - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2010 - APS
We analyze the effect of an electrostatic surface charge on the angular nonlinear light
scattering pattern from spherical particles in solution. An electrostatic field near a charged …

Determination of the surface charge density of colloidal gold nanoparticles using second harmonic generation

RR Kumal, TE Karam, LH Haber - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Second harmonic generation is used to investigate the surface charge density of 50 nm
colloidal gold nanoparticles in water. The gold nanoparticles are thiolated with …