Characterization of the electron- and photon-driven plasmonic excitations of metal nanorods

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7497-7504

  Bigelow, Nicholas W ^a   Vaschillo, Alex ^a   Iberi, Vighter ^b   Camden, Jon P ^b   Masiello, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

electron energy loss spectroscopy; hot spots; localized surface plasmon; scanning transmission electron microscopy; silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION SCHEMES; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTRA; EXCITATION MECHANISMS; EXCITATION SOURCES; FAR-FIELD; HOT SPOT; INDUCED POLARIZATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; METAL NANORODS; PLASMON MODES; PLASMONIC; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOPARTICLES;

DIMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SILVER;

METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84865067729     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302980u     Document Type: Article

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