Enhancement of field–analyte interaction at metallic nanogap arrays for sensitive localized surface plasmon resonance detection

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 7437-7442

  Awang, Rabiatul Adawiah ^a   El Gohary, Sherif Hamdy ^a   Kim, Nak Hyeon ^a   Byun, Kyung Min ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STATISTICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84868348875     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.007437     Document Type: Article

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