Drastic surface plasmon mode shifts in gold nanorods due to electron charging

Plasmonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Mulvaney, Paul ^a,b   Pérez Juste, Jorge ^c   Giersig, Michael ^a   Liz Marzán, Luis M ^c   Pecharromán, Carlos ^d  

^a CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color changes; Electron density; Gold rods; Plasmon band shift; Surface plasmon band

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746049387     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-005-9005-0     Document Type: Article

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