Surface plasmon modes of a single silver nanorod: An electron energy loss study

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 15371-15379

  Nicoletti, Olivia ^a   Wubs, Martijn ^b   Asger Mortensen, N ^b   Sigle, Wilfried ^c   Van Aken, Peter A ^c   Midgley, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PLASMONS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILVER;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS; ENERGY DISPERSIONS; ENERGY FILTERED TEM; RESONANT MODE; SILICON NITRIDE MEMBRANE; SILVER NANORODS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SUBSTRATE EFFECTS; SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATION; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; SURFACE PLASMONS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

NANORODS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 79961055790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015371     Document Type: Article

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