Near-field dielectric scattering promotes optical absorption by platinum nanoparticles

Nature Photonics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 473-482

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Han, Chuang ^a   Xu, Yi Jun ^a   Foley, Jonathan J ^b,c   Zhang, Dongtang ^d   Codrington, Jason ^b   Gray, Stephen K ^c   Sun, Yugang ^d  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SILVER; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; DIELECTRIC SCATTERING; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; PT NANOPARTICLES; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 85027928292     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NPHOTON.2016.76     Document Type: Article

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