A generalized non-local optical response theory for plasmonic nanostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mortensen, N A ^a   Raza, S ^a   Wubs, M ^a   Sondergaard T ^b   Bozhevolnyi, S I ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GRAPHENE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 84899859144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4809     Document Type: Article

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