Plasmonic nanospheres with a handle - Local electrochemical deposition of Au or Ag at the apex of optically inactive W- or C-tips

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 24, 2015, Pages

  Ma, X ^a   Grusser M ^a   Schuster, R ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; NANOSPHERES; PLASMONICS; REDUCTION; SURFACE PLASMONS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONDUCTIVE TIPS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METAL DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ENHANCED LUMINESCENCE; LOCAL DEPOSITION; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION;

EID: 85053361595     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4922639     Document Type: Article

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