Plasmonic resonance tunability and surface-enhanced Raman scattering gain of metallic nanoparticles embedded in a liquid crystal cell

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 24537-24542

  Wang, Huan ^a   Vial, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING EFFECTS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MOLECULES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE SCATTERING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84888588251     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406345w     Document Type: Article

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