Plasmonic solutions for light harvesting in solar and sensing applications

Nanoplasmonics: Advanced Device Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 57-112

  Juodkazis, Saulius ^a,b   Rosa, Lorenzo ^a   Nishijima, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PLASMONICS;

ALL-OPTICAL PROCESSING; INTENSITY ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MODERN SCIENCE; NANOSCALE PRECISION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SINGLE MOLECULAR DETECTIONS;

PLASMONS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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