Characterizing Localized Surface Plasmons Using Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 331-357

  Cherqui, Charles ^a   Thakkar, Niket ^a   Li, Guoliang ^b   Camden, Jon P ^b   Masiello, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Localized surface plasmons; STEM EELS

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; NANO-SCALE OBJECTS; NANOSCALE PROPERTIES; PLASMONICS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEM/ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; SUB NANOMETERS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84973402389     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: 15451593     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040214-121612     Document Type: Article

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