Hybrid nanoparticle-microcavity-based plasmonic nanosensors with improved detection resolution and extended remote-sensing ability

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, Markus A ^a   Lei, Dang Yuan ^a   Wondraczek, Lothar ^b   Nazabal, Virginie ^c   Maier, Stefan A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE;

BIOFILM; DETECTION METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASMA; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; RESONANCE; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; FILM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HYBRID; HYBRID NANOPARTICLE MICROCAVITY BASED PLASMONIC NANOSENSOR; NANOSENSOR; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84869396975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2109     Document Type: Article

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