Quantum mechanical effects in plasmonic structures with subnanometre gaps

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhu, Wenqi ^a,b   Esteban, Ruben ^c   Borisov, Andrei G ^c,d   Baumberg, Jeremy J ^e   Nordlander, Peter ^f   Lezec, Henri J ^a   Aizpurua, Javier ^c   Crozier, Kenneth B ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES D ORSAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUTURE PROSPECT; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCREENING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84973375691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11495     Document Type: Review

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