A revisitation of the Förster energy transfer near a metallic spherical nanoparticle: (1) Efficiency enhancement or reduction? (2) the control of the Förster radius of the unbounded medium. (3) the impact of the local density of states

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 139, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Gonzaga Galeana, J Alejandro ^a   Zurita Sánchez, Jorge R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFERS; INTERMOLECULAR SEPARATIONS; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; NANOSCALE DISPLACEMENT; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES;

ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMONS; SPHERES;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84903367755     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4847875     Document Type: Article

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