Stage 1 - 2019 (Nov-Dec 2019)

• The official web page of the project was created.

• First batches of stable gelatin coated AuNPs (AuNRs +g) of different aspect ratio, in colloidal solution.

• Optical, morphological and theoretical characterization of the the synthesized colloidal suspensions of AuNRs + g.

Stage 2- 2020 (Jan- Dec 2020)

• Stable colloidal suspensions of two types of polymer coated AuNRs (P-AuNRs) of different aspect ratio obtained using gelatin (AuNRs + g) and Pluronic F127 (AuNRs +F127) as polymeric agents.

• Optical, morphological and theoretical characterization of different colloidal AuNRs + g and AuNRs + F127.

• Optically characterized solid glass substrates containing individual P-AuNRs (both AuNRs + g and AuNRs + F127)

• Report on the intrinsic TPE PL properties of P-AuNRs on solid substrate via TPE FLIM correlated with steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.

• Dark-field microscopy images of P-AuNRs on solid substrate showing individual nanoparticles.

• Evidence of plasmonic effects in the TPE PL emission of coupled AuNRs +g via TPE FLIM correlated with steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy.

Stage 3- 2021 (Jan- Nov 2021)

• Solid tissue-mimicking phantoms dopped with different aspect ratio AuNRs + g of various concentrations

• TPE FLIM images of solid phantoms containing different amount of AuNRs + g of different AR

• Report on the intrinsic TPE PL and scattering properties of different AR AuNRs + g inside solid phantoms