Singular phase nano-optics in plasmonic metamaterials for label-free single-molecule detection

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-309

  Kravets, V G ^a   Schedin, F ^a   Jalil, R ^a   Britnell, L ^a   Gorbachev, R V ^a   Ansell, D ^a   Thackray, B ^a   Novoselov, K S ^a   Geim, A K ^a   Kabashin, A V ^b   Grigorenko, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECTS; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LABEL-FREE BIOSENSING; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PLASMON RESONANCES; PLASMONIC METAMATERIALS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION;

GRAPHENE; METAMATERIALS; MOLECULES; NANOPHOTONICS; PLASMONS; PROTEINS;

LIGHT;

EID: 84875442099     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3537     Document Type: Article

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