Mapping Localized Surface Plasmons within Silver Nanocubes Using Cathodoluminescence Hyperspectral Imaging.
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SUBMITTER: Edwards PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3660952 | biostudies-other | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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