Improve the refractive index sensitivity of gold nanotube by reducing the restoring force of localized surface plasmon resonance

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 843-847

  Zhu, Jian ^a   Deng, Xing Chun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gold nanotube; Localized surface plasmon resonance; Refractive index sensors; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSING; CORE-SHELL; GOLD NANOTUBES; LOCAL SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; MULTI-FACTOR; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PLASMON HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMON OSCILLATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSORS; RESTORING FORCES; SENSITIVITY INCREASE; WALL THICKNESS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GOLD; LIGHT REFRACTION; NANOTUBES; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

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EID: 79957846530     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.01.059     Document Type: Article

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