Quantum mechanical limit to plasmonic enhancement as observed by surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Wenqi ^a   Crozier, Kenneth B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAGNITUDE; MECHANICAL THEORY; NANOPARTICLE; PLASMA; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; NANOFABRICATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84955296399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6228     Document Type: Article

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