Au@Ag core/shell cuboids and dumbbells: Optical properties and SERS response

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 167, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-75

  Khlebtsov, Boris N ^a,b   Liu, Zhonghui ^c   Ye, Jian ^c   Khlebtsov, Nikolai G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au nanorods; Au@Ag cuboids; Au@Ag dumbbells; FDTD method; SERS; T matrix method

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; DROPS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; LASER EXCITATION; MONOLAYERS; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILICON WAFERS; SILVER; SURFACE SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AU NANO RODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; PEGYLATED NANOPARTICLE; SERS; SERS ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); T-MATRIX METHOD;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GOLD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION RATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84940055625     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.07.024     Document Type: Article

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