Negative curvature dependent plasmonic coupling and local field enhancement of crescent silver nanostructure

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Zhu, Jian ^a   Ren, Ying Juan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Local field enhancement; Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR); Nanocrescent; Silver; Tip cavity plasmonic coupling

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION CALCULATIONS; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; NANOCRESCENT; PLASMON HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMONIC COUPLING; SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES;

SILVER;

NANOMATERIAL; NANOSHELL; SILVER; SILVER NANOCRESCENT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEGATIVE CURVATURE DEPENDENT PLASMONIC COUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84869881426     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1326-2     Document Type: Article

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