Nanoplasmonic-particle-enhanced optical molecular sensing

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 662-671

  Liu, G Logan ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; Nanotechnology; Optical sensing; Plasmons

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; CELLULAR SIGNALING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; FUNDAMENTAL THEORY; HUMAN DISEASE; IN-VIVO; LOCALIZED PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR SENSING; MOLECULAR SENSORS; NANOFABRICATION; OPTICAL SENSING; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMON ENERGY; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; RESEARCH TOOLS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

PLASMONS;

EID: 77953291765     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2041900     Document Type: Article

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