Optical sensing of analytes in aqueous solutions with a multiple surface-plasmon-polariton-wave platform

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Swiontek, Stephen E ^a   Pulsifer, Drew P ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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EID: 84875135877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01409     Document Type: Article

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