Lithographied nanostructures as nanosensors

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guillot, Nicolas ^a   De La Chapelle, Marc Lamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

electron beam lithography; focused ion beam lithography; localized surface plasmons resonance sensors; nanoimprint lithography; nanosphere lithography; surface enhanced Raman scattering sensors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; GEOMETRY; ION BEAMS; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; NANOSENSORS; NANOSPHERES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONICS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

ELECTRIC-FIELD-POLARIZATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANO SPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; SURFACE ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURING;

SURFACE SCATTERING;

EID: 84878661416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.064506     Document Type: Review

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