A mechanically tunable plasmonic structure composed of a monolayer array of metal-capped colloidal spheres on an elastomeric substrate

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 807-812

  Zhu, Xiaolong ^a   Shi, Lei ^a   Liu, Xiaohan ^a   Zi, Jian ^a   Wang, Zhenlin ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastomeric substrate; Metal capped colloidal spheres; Plasmonic structure; Tunable surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955712541     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-0048-y     Document Type: Article

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