Plasmonic cavity-apertures as dynamic pixels for the simultaneous control of colour and intensity

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yun, Hansik ^a   Lee, Seung Yeol ^a   Hong, Keehoon ^a   Yeom, Jiwoon ^a   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

AMPLITUDE; COLOR; DESIGN METHOD; LIGHT SCATTERING; METAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIXEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STANDING WAVE; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; COLOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; POLARIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 84930226755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8133     Document Type: Article

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