Quantum dynamical simulations of local field enhancement in metal nanoparticles

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Negre, Christian F A ^a   Perassi, Eduardo M ^a   Coronado, Eduardo A ^a   Sánchez, Cristián G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; ELECTRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMON COUPLING;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODYNAMICS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

HAMILTONIANS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84874882724     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/12/125304     Document Type: Article

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