On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:36 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > This is an interesting article Harry. Thanks for posting it. I wonder if > anyone has seen papers that show the resonances and quality factor > associated with the size of the material. Can a small activation at the > correct wavelength of electromagnetic radiation lead to a large plasmon > current flow?
Yes. For a really good example of this, read up on pregnancy detectors. Basically you have gold nanoparticles whose plasmon resonance can be seen optically (they look red) when a certain hormone binds to their surface. > Also, it would be interesting to see if the individual nano scale plasmon > resonances would magnetically couple and thus share energy. I've seen this with nanorod arrays, where plasmon resonance couple to each other, but I'm pretty sure it's not magnetic coupling (plasmons are TM waves). > In the same > line of thought, would this form of coupling tend to smooth out what would > otherwise be very precise energy levels? I think you still get very sharp linewidths, even with coupling. > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Gluck <[email protected]> > To: VORTEX <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 22, 2012 6:34 am > Subject: [Vo]:nanoparticles in LENR > > Quantum Plasmons Demonstrated in Atomic-Scale Nanoparticles > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120321143017.htm > > This can be important for LENR > > Peter > > PS I cannot solve my "Chrome kills hyperlinks" problem- very bad > for my blog, I can only by-pass it by using Internet Explorer > Do you have some experience with it? > -- > Dr. Peter Gluck > Cluj, Romania > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com >
