Metallic nanoshells with semiconductor cores: Optical characteristics modified by core medium properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6169-6179

  Bardhan, Rizia ^a   Grady, Nathaniel K ^b   Ali, Tamer ^b   Halas, Naomi J ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

cuprous oxide; gold nanoshell; high permittivity core; metal semiconductor; plasmon resonance; plasmon exciton

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; CORE MATERIAL; CUPROUS OXIDE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; FAR-FIELD; GOLD NANOSHELL; HIGH PERMITTIVITY; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; METALLIC NANOSHELLS; MIXED VALENCY; NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS; NANOSHELLS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PLASMON ENERGY; PLASMON MODES; PLASMON RESONANCE; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES;

COREMAKING; EXCITONS; IRON OXIDES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASMONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOMATERIAL; COPPER; CUPROUS OXIDE; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COPPER; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; WATER;

EID: 78049341715     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102035q     Document Type: Article

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