Bridging quantum and classical plasmonics with a quantum-corrected model

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Esteban, Ruben ^a   Borisov, Andrei G ^b   Nordlander, Peter ^c   Aizpurua, Javier ^a  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES D ORSAY   (France)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; PARAMETERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CORRECTED MODEL; QUANTUM PLASMONICS;

EID: 84862278696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1806     Document Type: Article

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