Strong plasmonic enhancement of photovoltage in graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Echtermeyer, T J ^a   Britnell, L ^b   Jasnos, P K ^a   Lombardo, A ^a   Gorbachev, R V ^b   Grigorenko, A N ^b   Geim, A K ^b   Ferrari, A C ^a   Novoselov, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 80052396957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1464     Document Type: Article

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