Probing bright and dark surface-plasmon modes in lndividual and coupled noble metal nanoparticles using an electron beam

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 399-404

  Chu, Ming Wen ^a,b,c   Myroshnychenko, Viktor ^a,b,c   Chen, Cheng Hsuan ^a,b,c   Deng, Jing Pei ^a,b,c   Niou, Chung Yuan ^a,b,c   De Abajo, F Javier García ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARK SURFACES; ELECTRON PROBING; ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERE DIMERS; NEAR FIELDS; NEW APPLICATIONS; NOBLE-METAL NANOPARTICLES; RICH STRUCTURES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SURFACE PLASMONS;

DIMERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PRECIOUS METALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PLASMONS;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 61649124132     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl803270x     Document Type: Article

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