Plasmon-induced electrical conduction in molecular devices

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1019-1025

  Banerjee, Parag ^a   Conklin, David ^b   Nanayakkara, Sanjini ^b   Park, Tae Hong ^c   Therien, Michael J ^d   Bonnell, Dawn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Photoconduction; Porphyrin; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE OSCILLATIONS; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; COUPLED PARTICLES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INTENSE FIELD; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR DEVICE; MULTIPORPHYRIN; NANO SCALE; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOCONDUCTION; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASMONS; PORPHYRINS;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 77649177611     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901148m     Document Type: Conference Paper

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