Hot-electron nanoscopy using adiabatic compression of surface plasmons

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 845-852

  Giugni, A ^a,b   Torre, B ^a,b   Toma, A ^a   Francardi, M ^b,c   Malerba, M ^a   Alabastri, A ^a   Proietti Zaccaria, R ^a   Stockman, M I ^d,e,f   Di Fabrizio, E ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ADIABATIC COMPRESSION; CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NANOSCALE DIMENSIONS; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PLASMON DECAY; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

HOT ELECTRONS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIODE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HOT ELECTRON NANOSCOPY; NANOANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84888337324     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.207     Document Type: Article

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