Active role of oxide layers on the polarization of plasmonic nanostructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4117-4125

  D'Agostino, Stefania ^a,b   Sala, Fabio Della ^a,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISUFI Distretto Tecnologico   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

discrete dipole approximation; metal nanoparticle; metal enhanced fluorescence; near field; oxide coverage; plasmon; polarization; substrate

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METAL-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE; NEAR FIELD; NEAR FIELDS; OXIDE COVERAGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER; SUBSTRATES;

SILVER OXIDES;

EID: 77955522131     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1007918     Document Type: Article

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