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In this paper, we investigate the plasmonic coupling e®ects on the localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of palladium nanoparticle chains. We show the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images and the extinction cross-section spectra of near-contact palladium nanoparticle chains from monomer to pentamer. The extinction spectra of chains nanoparticles were measured by far-¯eld polarization spectroscopy over a large spectral range (ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared) and compared with numerical calculations based on ¯nite element method (FEM). For single palladium nanoparticle, the LSPR phenomenon appears in ultraviolet region. By addition of palladium nanoparticles to the chain, we observe a tunable red-shifting on the spectral position due to plasmonic coupling between palladium nanoparticles and a systematic spectral amplitude enhancement with the appearance of new modes of resonance.