Analytical and experimental investigations of electromagnetic field enhancement among nanospheres with varying spacing

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Han, Li Hsin ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Lu, Yalin ^b   Knize, R J ^b   Reinhardt, Kitt ^c   Howell, John ^a   Chen, Shaochen ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SPECTRA; GOLD NANOSPHERES; INFRARED REGIONS; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; INTERPARTICLE SPACES; MICROSHELLS; MODIFIED MIE SCATTERING; NEAR INFRARED REGION; SCATTERING THEORY; SIMULATION RESULT; SPACE BETWEEN; TUNABILITIES; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; EXPERIMENTS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 77955244282     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3056574     Document Type: Article

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