Location-Dependent Local Field Enhancement Along the Surface of the Metal-Dielectric Core-Shell Nanostructure

Plasmonics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Jian, Zhu ^a   Jun wu, Zhao ^a   Jian jun, Li ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell structure; Gold nanoparticle; Local field enhancement; Location; Shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956061534     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-010-9142-y     Document Type: Article

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