Electron-energy loss study of nonlocal effects in connected plasmonic nanoprisms

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 6287-6296

  Wiener, Aeneas ^a   Duan, Huigao ^b,c   Bosman, Michel ^b   Horsfield, Andrew P ^a   Pendry, John B ^a   Yang, Joel K W ^b   Maier, Stefan A ^a   Fernández Domínguez, Antonio I ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electron energy loss spectroscopy; grain boundary electron scattering; longitudinal plasmons; quantum confinement; spatial nonlocality; surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINE CURRENT SOURCE; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; NONLOCALITIES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONIC RESPONSE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT;

PLASMONS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84880786250     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402323t     Document Type: Article

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