Anisotropy Effects on the Plasmonic Response of Nanoparticle Dimers

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1891-1898

  Varas, Alejandro ^a,b   García González, Pablo ^b,c   Garcia Vidal F J ^c   Rubio, Angel ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b ETSF Scientific Development Centre   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MATTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ab initio methods; charge transfer modes; nanoparticle dimer; photoinduced tunneling; quantum plasmonics; surface plasmon hybridization

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANISOTROPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON TUNNELING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AB INITIO METHOD; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; HYBRIDIZATION PROCESS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; PHOTO-INDUCED; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; QUANTUM PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84930226433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00573     Document Type: Article

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