Optical effects near metal nanostructures: Towards surface-enhanced spectroscopy

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-96

  Thomas, Reshmi ^a   Kumar, Jatish ^b   Swathi, R S ^a   George Thomas, K G ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles and nanorods; Optical excitation; Plasmon resonance; Surface enhanced spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860869003     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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