Molecular plasmonics with tunable exciton-plasmon coupling strength in J-aggregate hybridized Au nanorod assemblies

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1297-1303

  Wurtz, Gregory A ^a   Evans, Paul R ^a   Hendren, William ^a   Atkinson, Ronald ^a   Dickson, Wayne ^a   Pollard, Robert J ^a   Zayats, Anatoly V ^a   Harrison, William ^b   Bower, Christopher ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c Kodak European Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE METAMATERIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR PLASMONICS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS;

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; GOLD; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 34249683297     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl070284m     Document Type: Article

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