Tailoring light-matter-spin interactions in colloidal hetero-nanostructures

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7302, 2010, Pages 91-95

  Zhang, Jiatao ^a   Tang, Yun ^a   Lee, Kwan ^a   Ouyang, Min ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

COLLOID; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; METAL; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIGHT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77954232045     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09150     Document Type: Article

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