Biosensing potential of silica/gold nanoshells: Sensitivity of plasmon resonance to the local dielectric environment

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 154-169

  Khlebtsov, Boris N ^a   Khlebtsov, Nikolai G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Gold nanoshells; Light scattering and extinction; Multilayered Mie solution; Plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; BIOMOLECULES; BIOSENSORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GOLD; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MULTILAYERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SILICA;

MULTILAYERED MIE SOLUTION; PLASMON RESONANCE;

NANOSPHERES;

ADSORPTION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; GOLD; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; SILICA;

EID: 34247521361     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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