Effect of shell thickness on a Au-Ag core-shell nanorods-based plasmonic nano-sensor

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Fu, Q ^a   Zhang, D G ^a   Yi, M F ^a   Wang, X X ^a   Chen, Y K ^a   Wang, P ^a   Ming, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

localized surface plasmons; nanoparticles; sensing

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GOLD ALLOYS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSENSORS; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EXTINCTION SPECTRA; FIGURE OF MERIT (FOM); LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSITIVITY; SENSING; SENSING ABILITIES; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84864764781     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/8/085001     Document Type: Article

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