Surface plasmon delocalization in silver nanoparticle aggregates revealed by subdiffraction supercontinuum hot spots

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Borys, Nicholas J ^a   Shafran, Eyal ^a   Lupton, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84948767389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02090     Document Type: Article

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