Interaction of single molecules with metallic nanoparticles

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1430-1440

  Hohenester, Ulrich ^a   TrÜgler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boundary element method (BEM); Fluorescence; F rster transfer; Metallic nanoparticles (MNPs)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUORESCENCE; METALLIC SOAPS; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EIGENMODE EXPANSIONS; FRSTER ENERGY TRANSFERS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES (MNPS); NANOPARTICLE SHAPES; NEAR FIELDS; NONRADIATIVE DECAY CHANNELS; QUANTIZATION SCHEMES; QUANTUM MECHANICALS; SCATTERING PROCESSES; SCATTERING RATES; SINGLE MOLECULES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 58149260338     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2007918     Document Type: Article

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