Investigating functionalized active coated nanoparticles for use in nano-sensing applications

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 12562-12582

  Gordon, Joshua A ^a   Ziolkowski, Richard W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITED STATES; HEMOGLOBIN; NANOSENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

COATED NANOPARTICLES (CNP); FUNCTIONAL-LAYER THICKNESS; SUPER-RESONANT (SR); THICK PLASMONIC SHELL;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 35148842387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012562     Document Type: Article

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