Plasmon dispersion of the Au(111) surface with and without self-assembled monolayers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Park, Sung Jin ^a   Palmer, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOLS; AU(111) FILMS; AU(111) SURFACES; BLUESHIFTS; DODECANETHIOL; ELECTRON SYSTEMS; GOLD FILM; HIGH-RESOLUTION ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMON DISPERSION; PLASMON ENERGY; SAMS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISORPTION; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GOLD; PARAFFINS; PLASMONS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SULFUR;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 66649114246     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.216805     Document Type: Article

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