Two-dimensional ultrathin gold film composed of steadily linked dense nanoparticle with surface plasmon resonance

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Wang, Long De ^a,c   Zhang, Tong ^a   Zhu, Sheng Qing ^a   Zhang, Xiao Yang ^a   Wang, Qi Long ^a   Liu, Xuefeng ^b   Li, Ruo Zhou ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS   (China)

^c HUAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

SERS; Surface plasmon resonance; Ultrathin gold film

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; LIGHT; METALLIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

GOLD FILM; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SERS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84875338316     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-683     Document Type: Article

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