Eigenmode Tomography of Surface Charge Oscillations of Plasmonic Nanoparticles by Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

ACS Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1628-1635

  Collins, Sean M ^a   Ringe, Emilie ^b   Duchamp, Martial ^c   Saghi, Zineb ^a   Dunin Borkowski, Rafal E ^c   Midgley, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

EELS; nanoparticles; surface plasmon; tomography

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

DIFFRACTION LIMITED SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84947800674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00421     Document Type: Article

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