Optimized plasmonic configurations: Adjacent and merging regimes between a symmetric couple of Au rod/shell nano-arrangements for LSPR sensing and spectroscopic purposes

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Ahmadivand, Arash ^a   Golmohammadi, Saeed ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Au rod shell nanocomposition; Dimer; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; LSPR sensing; Modeling and simulation; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; MERGING; PLASMONS; SCATTERING; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; LSPR SENSING; MODEL AND SIMULATION; SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; SCATTERING INTENSITY; SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME;

DIMERS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84902909421     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2491-2     Document Type: Article

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