Coupling of nanoparticle plasmons with molecular linkers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8096, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zabala, Nerea ^a,b   Pérez González, Olalla ^a,b   Nordlander, Peter ^c   Aizpurua, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance; Dimer; Exciton; Nanoparticle; Plasmon; Plexciton

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT MODES; DIMER PLASMONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; EXCITONIC RESONANCE; EXTINCTION SPECTRA; GOLD DIMERS; MOLECULAR BRIDGES; MOLECULAR LINKERS; PLASMON MODES; PLEXCITON; SPECTRAL CHANGE; SPECTRAL FEATURE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; EXCITONS; ION EXCHANGE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DIMERS;

EID: 80054053743     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.893776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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