Probing quantum plasmon coupling using gold nanoparticle dimers with tunable interparticle distances down to the subnanometer range

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8554-8563

  Cha, Hoon ^a   Yoon, Jun Hee ^a   Yoon, Sangwoon ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

charge transfer plasmon; desilanization; nanoparticle dimer; plasmonics; quantum plasmonics; surface plasmon coupling

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DIMERS; GLASS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; PRECIOUS METALS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DESILANIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; PLASMONIC INTERACTIONS; PLASMONIC PROPERTIES; QUANTUM PLASMONICS; QUANTUM TUNNELING EFFECTS; SURFACE PLASMON COUPLING;

SURFACE PLASMONS;

EID: 84906690769     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5032438     Document Type: Article

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