Gold nanocube-nanosphere dimers: Preparation, plasmon coupling, and surface-enhanced raman scattering

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 7873-7882

  Lee, Daedu ^a   Yoon, Sangwoon ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; NANOSPHERES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RED SHIFT; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

1 ,8-OCTANEDITHIOL; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NANOSPHERE DIMERS; PLASMON COUPLING; PLASMONIC INTERACTIONS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

SURFACE SCATTERING;

EID: 84927626788     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00314     Document Type: Article

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