Finite-size effects in surface-enhanced Raman scattering in noble-metal nanoparticles: A semiclassical approach

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1369-1374

  Pustovit, Vitaliy N ^a,b   Shahbazyan, Tigran V ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VOLUME FRACTION;

FINITE-SIZE EFFECTS; INTERBAND SCREENING; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; UNDERSCREENING EFFECTS;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33745748511     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001369     Document Type: Article

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