Enhanced gold nanoshell scattering contrast using angled fiber probes

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Nammalvar, Vengadesan ^a   Wang, Adrien ^a   Drezek, Rebekah ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber probes; Nanoshells; Reflectance spectroscopy; Scattering contrast

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; GEOMETRY; GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHANTOMS; POLYSTYRENES; PROBES; REFLECTION; TISSUE;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; FIBER GEOMETRIES; FIBER PROBE; GOLD NANO-SHELLS; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM; REFLECTANCE SIGNALS; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCATTERING CONTRAST;

NANOSHELLS;

EID: 80052818375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2741242     Document Type: Article

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