Plasmon-induced broadband fluorescence enhancement on Al-Ag bimetallic substrates

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hao, Qi ^a,b   Du, Deyang ^a   Wang, Chenxi ^b,c   Li, Wan ^b   Huang, Hao ^a   Li, Jiaqi ^a   Qiu, Teng ^a   Chu, Paul K ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SOUTHWESTERN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84905915610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06014     Document Type: Article

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