Distinguishable Plasmonic Nanoparticle and Gap Mode Properties in a Silver Nanoparticle on a Gold Film System Using Three-Dimensional FDTD Simulations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Simulation Information
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Devaraj, V.; Lee, J.-M.; Oh, J.-W. Distinguishable Plasmonic Nanoparticle and Gap Mode Properties in a Silver Nanoparticle on a Gold Film System Using Three-Dimensional FDTD Simulations. Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080582
Devaraj V, Lee J-M, Oh J-W. Distinguishable Plasmonic Nanoparticle and Gap Mode Properties in a Silver Nanoparticle on a Gold Film System Using Three-Dimensional FDTD Simulations. Nanomaterials. 2018; 8(8):582. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080582
Chicago/Turabian StyleDevaraj, Vasanthan, Jong-Min Lee, and Jin-Woo Oh. 2018. "Distinguishable Plasmonic Nanoparticle and Gap Mode Properties in a Silver Nanoparticle on a Gold Film System Using Three-Dimensional FDTD Simulations" Nanomaterials 8, no. 8: 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080582