A novel approach to detect and characterize the scattering patterns of single Au nanoparticles using confocal microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Zuchner T ^a   Failla, A V ^a   Hartschuh, A ^b   Meixner, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Higher order laser modes; Scattering; Single Au nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS;

AU NANOPARTICLE; HIGH-ORDER; HIGH-ORDER LASER MODE; HIGHER-ORDER; LIGHT SCATTERED; NANO-OBJECTS; OPTICAL METHODS; SCATTERING PATTERN; SINGLE AU NANOPARTICLE; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 40049096904     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01910.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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