Enhanced plasmonic behavior of incomplete nanoshells: Effect of local field irregularities on the far-field optical response

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 45, 2011, Pages 22271-22275

  Peña Rodríguez, Ovidio ^a,b   Pal, Umapada ^c  

^a CENTRO DE MICROANÁLISIS DE MATERIALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOSHELLS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE SCATTERING;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; INTEGRAL STRUCTURES; LASER INDUCED INTERSTITIAL THERMOTHERAPY; LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC NANOSHELLS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 80955131919     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp2081269     Document Type: Article

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