Reflectance spectroscopy of gold nanoshells: Computational predictions and experimental measurements

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-692

  Lin, Alex W H ^a   Lewinski, Nastassja A ^a   Lee, Min Ho ^a   Drezek, Rebekah A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Modeling and simulation; Monte Carlo; Nanoparticles; Nanoshells; Reflectance; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; GOLD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

GOLD NANOSHELLS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL FEATURES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33751011343     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-006-9136-z     Document Type: Article

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