Understanding plasmonic properties in metallic nanostructures by correlating photonic and electronic excitations

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1070-1078

  Iberi, Vighter ^a   Mirsaleh Kohan, Nasrin ^a   Camden, Jon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84875778426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz302140h     Document Type: Review

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