Theoretical investigation of plasmonic enhancement of silica-coated gold nanorod on molecular fluorescence

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 470-479

  Liaw, Jiunn Woei ^a   Tsai, Hsiao Yen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enhancement factor; Fluorescence; Longitudinal surface plasmon resonance; Plasmonic enhancement; Quenching; Silica coated gold nanorod; Surface enhanced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; PLASMONIC; SILICA-COATED GOLD NANOROD; SURFACE ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ASPECT RATIO; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; NANORODS; PLASMONS; QUENCHING; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FLUORESCENCE;

GOLD; RESONANCE; SILICA; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84856381457     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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