%0 Journal Article %1 Kubo2007 %A Kubo, Shoichi %A Diaz, Andres %A Tang, Yan %A Mayer, Theresa S. %A Khoo, Iam Choon %A Mallouk, Thomas E. %D 2007 %J Nano Letters %K gold nanoparticles refractive_index %N 11 %P 3418 -3423 %R 10.1021/nl071893x %T Tunability of the Refractive Index of Gold Nanoparticle Dispersions %V 7 %X Alkanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles dispersed in n-dodecane were studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry and were modeled using Mie scattering theory. The refractive index in the visible and near-infrared depended on the volume fraction of gold nanoparticles, in good agreement with the theoretical expectation that such dispersed plasmonic nanoparticles can act as low or tunable refractive index materials at specific optical wavelengths.

@article{Kubo2007, abstract = {Alkanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles dispersed in n-dodecane were studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry and were modeled using Mie scattering theory. The refractive index in the visible and near-infrared depended on the volume fraction of gold nanoparticles, in good agreement with the theoretical expectation that such dispersed plasmonic nanoparticles can act as low or tunable refractive index materials at specific optical wavelengths. }, added-at = {2011-10-01T01:45:07.000+0200}, author = {Kubo, Shoichi and Diaz, Andres and Tang, Yan and Mayer, Theresa S. and Khoo, Iam Choon and Mallouk, Thomas E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2873fb9c5cb7de3461aea28a0086af964/afcallender}, doi = {10.1021/nl071893x}, file = {Kubo2007.pdf:Kubo2007.pdf:PDF;Kubo2007.pdf:incoming\\michigan\\Kubo2007.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {cc7feb126efef66bd2b07fcb487671d4}, intrahash = {873fb9c5cb7de3461aea28a0086af964}, journal = {Nano Letters}, keywords = {gold nanoparticles refractive_index}, number = 11, pages = {3418 -3423}, timestamp = {2011-10-12T20:50:11.000+0200}, title = {Tunability of the Refractive Index of Gold Nanoparticle Dispersions}, username = {afcallender}, volume = {7 }, year = 2007 }