Plasmonics quenching and enhancement of a fluorescing molecule outside and inside a silver metallic nanoshell

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1264-1274

  Norton, Stephen J ^a   Vo Dinh, Tuan ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; plasmonics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; COMPETING EFFECTS; NANOSHELLS; PLASMON RESONANCES; PLASMONICS; RADIAL LOCATIONS; SHELL THICKNESS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPHOTONICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPHERES;

QUENCHING;

EID: 81255175640     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2011.2124471     Document Type: Article

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