Luminescence of gold nanoparticles

Springer Series in Optical Sciences

Volumn 133, Issue , 2007, Pages 99-128

  Prodi, Luca ^a   Battistini, Gionata ^a   Dolci, Luisa Stella ^a   Monatalti, Marco ^a   Zaccheroni, Nelsi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 34548319588     PISSN: 03424111     EISSN: 15561534     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-48951-3_5     Document Type: Article

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