Imaging Plasmon Hybridization in Metal Nanoparticle Aggregates with Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 37, 2016, Pages 20852-20859

  Quillin, Steven C ^a   Cherqui, Charles ^a   Montoni, Nicholas P ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; OSCILLATOR MODEL; PLASMON HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; SPECTRAL INFORMATION;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84988649917     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b02170     Document Type: Article

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