Explosives detection in a lasing plasmon nanocavity

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 600-604

  Ma, Ren Min ^a   Ota, Sadao ^a   Li, Yimin ^a   Yang, Sui ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; EXPLOSIVES; NITRATES; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

2 ,4-DINITROTOLUENE; ADSORBED MOLECULES; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EXPLOSIVES DETECTOR; HIGH-SENSITIVITY DETECTION; NANOSCOPIC SENSORS; SECURITY SCREENING; SURFACE PLASMON SENSORS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; EXPLOSIVE; HYDROCARBON; NITROBENZENE; SILVER; 2,4-DINITROTOLUENE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON; GAS EXCHANGE; LIGHT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULE; NANOSENSOR; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR; VELOCITY; ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR; DINITROBENZENES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NITRATES; NITROBENZENES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84905866838     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.135     Document Type: Article

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