Nanorod-mediated surface plasmon resonance sensor based on effective medium theory

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4637-4649

  Fu, Junxue ^a   Park, Bosoon ^b   Zhao, Yiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; DEIONIZED WATER; FILM THICKNESS; NANORODS; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SEISMIC WAVES; SILVER; THIN FILMS;

ANISOTROPIC LAYERS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; OBLIQUE-ANGLE DEPOSITION; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; SENSOR FABRICATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR; THEORETICAL MODELING; THIN METAL FILMS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; SILICON; SILVER;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 69049090214     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.004637     Document Type: Article

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