Light concentration at the nanometer scale

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2428-2434

  Alvarez Puebla, Ramón ^a   Liz Marzán, Luis M ^a   García De Abajo, F Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL GOLD PARTICLES; COMMON CURRENCIES; ENERGY REGIONS; EVANESCENT WAVE; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LIVING ORGANISMS; NANO-METER SCALE; NANOMETER-SCALE RESOLUTION; NARROW GAP; NEAR FIELDS; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL FOCUSING; OPTIMIZED SYSTEM; SHARP TIP; SUBWAVELENGTH FOCUSING; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; ULTRASENSITIVE; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT;

BIOLOGY; PHOTOEXCITATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 77955857653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100820m     Document Type: Article

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