Fast statistical measurement of aspect ratio distribution of gold nanorod ensembles by optical extinction spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2987-3000

  Xu, Ninghan ^a   Bai, Benfeng ^a   Tan, Qiaofeng ^a   Jin, Guofan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; GEOMETRY; LIGHT EXTINCTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASPECT RATIO DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; GOLD NANOROD; ILL POSED; IMAGING METHOD; INVERSE SCATTERING PROBLEMS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; OPTICAL EXTINCTION SPECTROSCOPY; PRACTICAL PRODUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TEM METHOD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

GOLD;

GOLD; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874047134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.002987     Document Type: Article

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