Configuring Au and Ag nanorods for sensing applications

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 714-720

  Peña Rodríguez, Ovidio ^a   Pal, Umapada ^b   Rodríguez Iglesias, Vladimir ^c   Rodríguez Fernández, Luis ^c   Oliver, Alicia ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; GOLD; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AG NANORODS; BULK PLASMA; CORRECTION FACTORS; METAL NANORODS; NANOBOXES; OPTICAL SENSING; OPTICAL SENSITIVITY; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; QUASISTATIC APPROXIMATIONS; RESONANCE CONDITION; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; T-MATRIX;

NANORODS;

EID: 79959237501     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000714     Document Type: Article

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