Metallic adhesion layer induced plasmon damping and molecular linker as a nondamping alternative

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5702-5709

  Habteyes, Terefe G ^a,b   Dhuey, Scott ^b   Wood, Erin ^b   Gargas, Daniel ^b   Cabrini, Stefano ^b   Schuck, P James ^b   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b   Leone, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion layer; chemical interface; lithography; molecular adhesion; plasmon damping

Indexed keywords

ADHESION LAYER; CHEMICAL INTERFACES; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; DAMPING EFFECT; DAMPING RATE; DEPHASING; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; GLASS SURFACES; GOLD NANOROD; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; LITHOGRAPHIC FABRICATION; LITHOGRAPHIC PATTERNS; METAL-METAL INTERFACES; MOLECULAR ADHESION; MOLECULAR LINKERS; PLASMON SCATTERING; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; RED SHIFT; RESONANCE SCATTERING SPECTRUM; TRIMETHOXYSILANE; ULTRA-THIN;

CHEMICAL BONDS; DAMPING; GOLD; LITHOGRAPHY; NANORODS; PLASMONS; SULFUR; TITANIUM;

ADHESION;

METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ADHESION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; ADSORPTION; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84862843698     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301885u     Document Type: Article

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