Optically controlled interparticle distance tuning and welding of single gold nanoparticle pairs by photochemical metal deposition

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 12362-12371

  Hartling T ^a   Alaverdyan, Y ^b,c   Hille, A ^a   Wenzel, M T ^a   Kall M ^b   Eng, L M ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; GOLD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMONS; TUNING;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE PAIRS; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; NANO-SCALE FABRICATION; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PLASMONIC COUPLING; SPECTRAL POSITION;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTROPLATING; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 49149129491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012362     Document Type: Article

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