Electromagnetic field enhancement for wedge-shaped metal nanostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1978-1983

  Angulo, Ali M ^a   Noguez, Cecilia ^a   Schatz, George C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles and Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; QUASI-STATIC THEORY; RAMAN SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 80051928013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200825g     Document Type: Article

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