Ultrastrong optical binding of metallic nanoparticles

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5756-5760

  Demergis, Vassili ^a   Florin, Ernst Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

nanoparticle assembly; nanostructures; Optical binding; optical matter; optical molecules; optical trapping; photonics

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA; GRADIENT FORCE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANOMETER PRECISION; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES; OPTICAL BINDING; OPTICAL MATTER; OPTICALTRAPPING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCATTERING FORCES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONICS;

NANOPARTICLES;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE;

BIOPHYSICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84869171505     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl303035p     Document Type: Article

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