Optical properties of platinum-coated gold nanorods

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6183-6188

  Grzelczak, Marek ^a   Pérez Juste, Jorge ^a   De Abajo, F Javier García ^b   Liz Marzán, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COATED MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; PLATINUM;

GEOMETRICAL MODELS; OVERCOATING; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH; RED-SHIFTS;

NANORODS;

EID: 34249030056     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0671502     Document Type: Article

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