Enhanced Spectral Sensing by Electromagnetic Coupling With Localized Surface Plasmons on Subwavelength Structures

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-540

  Roper, Donald Keith ^a   Ahn, Wonmi ^b   Taylor, Benjamin ^c   Asén, Analía G Dall' ^d  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b University of Utah ^*  (United States)

^c University of Utah   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic coupling; gold nanoparticles; localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR); surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008057813     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2038451     Document Type: Article

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