Optimal design of nanoplasmonic materials using genetic algorithms as a multiparameter optimization tool

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Yelk, Joseph ^a   Sukharev, Maxim ^a   Seideman, Tamar ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELASTIC WAVES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BIREFRINGENCE PROPERTIES; COHERENT CONTROL; ELECTRO MECHANICAL DYNAMICS; ENERGY FLOWS; LINEARLY POLARIZED; METAL NANO-PARTICLES; MULTI PARAMETERS; NANO SCALING; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PLANE WAVES; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SILVER PARTICLES; STRUCTURAL FEATURES;

SILVER;

NANOMATERIAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, GENETIC; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 49749125250     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2961011     Document Type: Article

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