Modulation of nanocavity plasmonic emission by local molecular states of C60 on Au(111)

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 26725-26735

  Geng, Feng ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Yu, Yunjie ^a   Kuang, Yanmin ^a   Liao, Yuan ^a   Dong, Zhenchao ^a   Hou, Jianguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(1 1 1 ); BIAS POLARITY; CONTRAST MECHANISM; EMISSION BANDS; EMISSION FEATURES; INELASTIC TUNNELING PROCESS; LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; METAL SURFACES; MOLECULAR STATE; NANO-CAVITIES; OPTICAL CONTRAST; PLASMONIC; PURE DIELECTRICS; RED SHIFT; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES;

MODULATION; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS;

PLASMONS;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FULLERENES; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84870592269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.026725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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