Nanoscale probing of image-dipole interactions in a metallic nanostructure

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ropp, Chad ^a   Cummins, Zachary ^a   Nah, Sanghee ^b   Fourkas, John T ^b   Shapiro, Benjamin ^a   Waks, Edo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ANISOTROPY; EMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLARIZATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SILVER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; DIPOLE; FIELD EMISSION; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84925244294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7558     Document Type: Article

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