The role of dimensionality on the quenching of spin-orbit effects in the optics of gold nanostructures

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Castro, Alberto ^a   Marques, Miguel A L ^b   Romero, Aldo H ^c   Oliveira, Micael J T ^d   Rubio, Angel ^e  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e Nano Bio Spectroscopy group   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC WIRE; GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; ORBITS; QUENCHING; SPIN DYNAMICS;

CORE ELECTRONS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORTS; GOLD CLUSTERS; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; GOLD NANOWIRES; IN FIELDS; ORBIT COUPLINGS; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; PHOTOABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS; SPIN ORBITS;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; QUANTUM THEORY;

ABSORPTION; GOLD; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 54949090097     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2990745     Document Type: Article

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