Plasmon resonance tuning in metallic nanocavities

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Polyakov, A ^a   Thompson, K F ^a   Dhuey, S D ^a   Olynick, D L ^a   Cabrini, S ^a   Schuck, P J ^a   Padmore, H A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84871734908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00933     Document Type: Article

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