Compliant metamaterials for resonantly enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy and refractive index sensing

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 8167-8174

  Pryce, Imogen M ^a   Kelaita, Yousif A ^a   Aydin, Koray ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

active metamaterials; plasmonics; polymers; refractive index sensing; surface enhanced spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SIGNALS; ACTIVE METAMATERIALS; FIGURES OF MERITS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; PLASMONICS; POST-FABRICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; SENSING SURFACE; SPLIT RING RESONATOR; SURFACE ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE-ENHANCED INFRARED ABSORPTIONS; TUNABILITIES; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

ABSORPTION; INFRARED ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; METAMATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICONES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80055005152     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn202815k     Document Type: Article

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