Gold nanoparticle dimer plasmonics: Finite element method calculations of the electromagnetic enhancement to surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 394, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1819-1825

  McMahon, Jeffrey M ^a   Henry, Anne Isabelle ^a   Wustholz, Kristin L ^a   Natan, Michael J ^b   Freeman, R Griffith ^b   Van Duyne, Richard P ^a   Schatz, George C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oxonica Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field enhancement; Finite element method; Nanoparticle dimer; Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; EM FIELD; EXTINCTION SPECTRA; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PLASMONICS; RED-SHIFTED; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; UNIFORM COATING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; OLIGOMERS; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIMERIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 68349110803     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-2738-4     Document Type: Article

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