Organization of metal nanoparticles for surface-enhanced spectroscopy: A difference in size matters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 21982-21991

  Thomas, Reshmi ^a   Swathi, R S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD PROFILES; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HOMODIMERS; HOMOTRIMERS; HOT SPOT; METAL PARTICLE; MONOMERIC PARTICLES; OPTICAL EXTINCTION; PLASMON COUPLING; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY; UNIFORM SIZE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GEOMETRY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIMERS;

EID: 84867536288     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3086914     Document Type: Article

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