Growth and optical properties of gold nanoshells prior to the formation of a continuous metallic layer

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3696-3706

  Preston, Thomas C ^a   Signorell, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrete dipole approximation; Gold nanoparticles; Gold nanoshells; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

COATING DENSITY; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; ENERGY BAND; GOLD LAYER; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOSHELLS; GOLD PARTICLES; HIGH ENERGY; LOW ENERGIES; LOWER ENERGIES; METALLIC LAYERS; PLASMON BAND; PLASMON MODES; PLASMONICS; RED-SHIFTED; SILICA PARTICLES;

BAND STRUCTURE; DROP FORMATION; GOLD; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMONS; SILICA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

GOLD; NANOSHELL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

GOLD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSHELLS; OPTICAL PROCESSES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 73249136262     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900883d     Document Type: Article

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