The Effect of Dielectric Coating on the Local Electric Field Enhancement of Au-Ag Core-Shell Nanoparticles

Plasmonics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Zhu, Jian ^a   Li, Jian Jun ^a   Zhao, Jun Wu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell nanoparticle; Gold; Local field effect; Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR); Silver

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939872644     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-014-9769-1     Document Type: Article

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