Angle-and energy-resolved plasmon coupling in gold nanorod dimers

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3053-3062

  Shao, Lei ^a   Woo, Kat Choi ^a   Chen, Huanjun ^a   Jin, Zhao ^a   Wang, Jianfang ^a   Lin, Hai Qing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assembly; Dithiol; Gold nanorods; Plasmon coupling; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ANTIBONDING; ANTICROSSINGS; AU NANORODS; BONDING MODES; CALCULATIONS AND MODELING; DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; DITHIOL MOLECULES; DITHIOLS; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FAR FIELD; GAP REGIONS; GOLD NANOROD; GOLD NANORODS; PLASMON COUPLING; PLASMON MODES; PLASMON WAVELENGTH; PLASMONIC; SCATTERING INTENSITY;

DIMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GOLD; NANORODS; SCATTERING;

PLASMONS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GOLD; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77955865805     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100180d     Document Type: Article

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