First-principles computational visualization of localized surface plasmon resonance in gold nanoclusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 11317-11322

  Iida, Kenji ^a   Noda, Masashi ^a   Ishimura, Kazuya ^a   Nobusada, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRONS; GOLD; GOLD NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCLUSTERS; PLASMONS; RED SHIFT;

COLLECTIVE OSCILLATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL PROGRAM; COMPUTATIONAL VISUALIZATION; ELECTRON CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; FIRST PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84913582305     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5088042     Document Type: Article

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