Interferometric optical detection and tracking of very small gold nanoparticles at a water-glass interface

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 405-414

  Jacobsen, Volker ^a   Stoller, Patrick ^a   Brunner, Christian ^a   Vogel, Viola ^a   Sandoghdar, Vahid ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL DETECTION; SIGNAL STRENGTH;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 30344442109     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000405     Document Type: Article

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