Electromagnetic response of broken-symmetry nanoscale clusters.
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چکیده
A microscopic, nonlocal response theory is developed to model the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with inhomogeneous nanoscale clusters. The breakdown of classical continuum-field Mie theory is demonstrated at a critical coarse-graining threshold, below which macroscopic plasmon resonances are replaced by molecular excitations with suppressed spectral intensity.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 97 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006