High spatial resolution mapping of surface plasmon resonance modes in single and aggregated gold nanoparticles assembled on DNA strands

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Diaz Egea, Carlos ^a   Sigle, Wilfried ^b   van Aken, Peter A ^b   Molina, Sergio I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly; DNA; Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Gold nanoparticles; Plasmonics; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; DISSOCIATION; DNA; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MAPPING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; SILICON NITRIDE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DARK SURFACES; DNA STRANDS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MIE THEORY; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PLASMONIC MODES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84898061506     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-337     Document Type: Article

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