Direct observation of plasmonic modes in Au nanowires using high-resolution cathodoluminescence spectroscopy

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2843-2846

  Vesseur, Ernst Jan R ^a   De Waele, René ^a   Kuttge, Martin ^a   Polman, Albert ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; GOLD; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

PLASMONIC EIGENMODES; WIRE EIGENMODES;

NANOWIRES;

GOLD; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTRODES; GOLD; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 34948836859     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl071480w     Document Type: Article

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