Structure formation, melting, and optical properties of gold/DNA nanocomposites: Effects of relaxation time

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Park, Sung Yong ^a   Stroud, D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GOLD;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOPARTICLE; OPTICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0742305054     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.224201     Document Type: Article

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