Quantum dot-metallic nanorod sensors via exciton-plasmon interaction

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hatef, Ali ^a   Sadeghi, Seyed M ^b,c   Boulais, Étienne ^a   Meunier, Michel ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISTABLE SWITCHING; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; EFFECTIVE FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LASER FIELDS; LOCAL DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; METALLIC NANORODS; MOLECULAR RESONANCES; NEAR INFRARED; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM DOT EMISSION; QUANTUM EFFECTS; QUANTUM PHASE; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSITIVITY; TIME-DEPENDENT; ULTRA-SMALL; ULTRAHIGH SENSITIVITY;

ADSORPTION; BIOMOLECULES; DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; EXCITONS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; LASER OPTICS; LASERS; NANORODS; NANOSENSORS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME DELAY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR; TIME;

ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870548365     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/1/015502     Document Type: Article

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