Plasmon near-field coupling in metal dimers as a step toward single-molecule sensing

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1231-1237

  Aćimović, Srdjan S ^a   Kreuzer, Mark P ^a   González, María U ^a   Quidant, Romain ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

E beam lithography; Gold dimers; Localized surface plasmon; Near field coupling; Protein detection; Small organic molecule

Indexed keywords

E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; GOLD DIMERS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; PROTEIN DETECTION; SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULE;

DIMERS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; GOLD; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; PLASMONS; PROTEINS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

REACTIVE ION ETCHING;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 66949130982     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900102j     Document Type: Article

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