Optical response of individual Au-Ag@SiO2 heterodimers

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2522-2531

  Lombardi, Anna ^a   Grzelczak, Marcin P ^b   Crut, Aurélien ^a   Maioli, Paolo ^a   Pastoriza Santos, Isabel ^b   Liz Marzán, Luis M ^b,c,d   Del Fatti, Natalia ^a   Vallée, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c CIC BIOMAGUNE   (Spain)

^d BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fano resonance; finite element modeling; heterodimers; noble metals; plasmonic interactions; single particle absorption

Indexed keywords

FANO RESONANCES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; HETERODIMERS; PLASMONIC INTERACTIONS; SINGLE-PARTICLE;

GOLD; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMONS; PRECIOUS METALS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SILVER;

EID: 84875640857     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305865h     Document Type: Article

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