Influence of Structural and Electronic Properties on the Collective Excitations of Ag/Cu(111)

Plasmonics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-136

  Politano, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS); Silver; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857994174     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9285-5     Document Type: Article

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