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Nature Materials 2, 296 - 297 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nmat891
Nanoscale photonics: Nanoshells: gifts in a gold wrapper
Mark L. Brongersma1
- Mark L. Brongersma is at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA e-mail: Brongersma@stanford.edu
Abstract
Researchers in the field of 'nanophotonics' are attempting to fabricate the smallest possible structures with optical functionality. The ability to engineer silica–gold nanoshell particles may increase the importance of metals in a range of nanophotonic and biological applications.
