Characterization of tetrahexahedral gold nanocrystals: A combined study by surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy and computational simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 18061-18069

  Yin, Peng Gang ^a   You, Ting Ting ^a   Tan, En Zhong ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Lang, Xiu Feng ^a   Jiang, Li ^a   Guo, Lin ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D FDTD; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; COUPLING EFFECT; E-FIELD; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FAR-FIELD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; GOLD NANOCRYSTALS; INCIDENT LIGHT; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATION; SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052784610     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp2041586     Document Type: Article

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