Mapping the local dielectric response at the nanoscale by means of plasmonic force spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 29626-29633

  De Angelis, Francesco ^a   Zaccaria, Remo Proietti ^a   Di Fabrizio, Enzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC ENGINES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

ADIABATIC COMPRESSION; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGINARY PARTS; LOCAL DIELECTRICS; LOCAL RESPONSE; NANO SCALE; OPTICAL FORCE; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PLASMONIC; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84872049397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.029626     Document Type: Article

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