Shape matters: Plasmonic nanoparticle shape enhances interaction with dielectric substrate

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3531-3537

  Albella, Pablo ^a   Garcia Cueto, Borja ^a   González, Francisco ^a   Moreno, Fernando ^a   Wu, Pae C ^b   Kim, Tong Ho ^b   Brown, April ^b   Yang, Yang ^c   Everitt, Henry O ^b,c,d   Videen, Gorden ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RDMR WS   (United States)

^e U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

gallium; nanoantenna; nanoparticles; shape effects; substrate effects; UV plasmonics

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ILLUMINATION; BROKEN SYMMETRY; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; ILLUMINATION ANGLE; NANOANTENNAS; NANOPARTICLE DIAMETER; NANOSTRUCTURE SIZE; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; PLASMONICS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; SHAPE EFFECT; SPLITTINGS; STRONG INTERACTION; SUBSTRATE EFFECTS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; SAPPHIRE;

SUBSTRATES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GALLIUM; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GALLIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 80052809230     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl201783v     Document Type: Article

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