Using the plasmon linewidth to calculate the time and efficiency of electron transfer between gold nanorods and graphene

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 11209-11217

  Hoggard, Anneli ^a   Wang, Lin Yung ^a   Ma, Lulu ^b   Fang, Ying ^a   You, Ge ^b   Olson, Jana ^a   Liu, Zheng ^b,c   Chang, Wei Shun ^a   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b   Link, Stephan ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

graphene; hot electrons; one photon photoluminescence; plasmon damping; plasmon linewidth; single particle spectroscopy; surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

DARK-FIELD SCATTERINGS; DIELECTRIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HOT ELECTRON TRANSFER; RADIATIVE RELAXATION; SINGLE-PARTICLE SPECTROSCOPIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DAMPING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GOLD; HOT ELECTRONS; LINEWIDTH; NANORODS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMONS; QUARTZ; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84891366809     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404985h     Document Type: Article

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