Abstract
This tutorial review presents an introduction to the field of noble metal nanoparticles and their current applications. The origin of the surface plasmon resonance and synthesis procedures are described. A number of applications are presented that take advantage of the electromagnetic field enhancement of the radiative properties of noble metal nanoparticles resulting from the surface plasmon oscillations.
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Noble metalSurface plasmon resonanceNanoparticleMaterials scienceColloidal goldNanotechnologyNanocrystalPlasmonRadiative transferMetalSurface plasmonResonance (particle physics)Localized surface plasmonOptoelectronicsOpticsPhysicsMetallurgyAtomic physics
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- 2005
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- 35
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- 3
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- 209-217
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Susie Eustis,
Mostafa A. El‐Sayed
(2005).
Why gold nanoparticles are more precious than pretty gold: Noble metal surface plasmon resonance and its enhancement of the radiative and nonradiative properties of nanocrystals of different shapes.
Chemical Society Reviews
, 35
(3)
, 209-217.
https://doi.org/10.1039/b514191e
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- 10.1039/b514191e