Optimizing the Refractive Index Sensitivity of Plasmonically Coupled Gold Nanoparticles

Plasmonics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 773-780

  Martinsson, Erik ^a   Sepulveda, Borja ^b,c   Chen, Peng ^d   Elfwing, Anders ^a   Liedberg, Bo ^a,d   Aili, Daniel ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Layer by layer; Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR); Metal nanoparticles; Plasmonic coupling; Polyelectrolytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890491523     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-013-9659-y     Document Type: Article

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