Monochromated, spatially resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopic measurements of gold nanoparticles in the plasmon range

Micron

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Schaffer, B ^a,b   Riegler, K ^a,b   Kothleitner, G ^a,b   Grogger, W ^a,b   Hofer, F ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Research Institute for Electron Microscopy   (Austria)

Author keywords

EELS; Gold; Monochromator; Nano particles; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GOLD; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BULK MATERIALS; EELS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOCAL STRUCTURES; RESONANCE PHENOMENONS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE PLASMON; SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATIONS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 56949088381     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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