Free electron beams such as those employed in electron microscopes have evolved into
powerful tools to investigate photonic nanostructures with an unrivaled combination of …

Plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) have played a significant role in the evolution of modern
nanoscience and nanotechnology in terms of colloidal synthesis, general understanding of …

The remarkable optical properties of metal nanoparticles are governed by the excitation of
localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs). The sensitivity of each LSPR mode, whose …

Understanding how light interacts with matter at the nanometre scale is a fundamental issue
in optoelectronics and nanophotonics. In particular, many applications (such as bio-sensing …

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) performed in a scanning transmission electron
microscope (STEM) has demonstrated unprecedented power in the characterization of …

In this tutorial review, we present the use of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and
cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy for surface plasmon map** within metallic …

Within the MNPBEM toolbox, we show how to simulate electron energy loss spectroscopy
(EELS) of plasmonic nanoparticles using a boundary element method approach. The …

We map the complete plasmonic spectrum of silver nanodisks by electron energy loss
spectroscopy and show that the mode which couples strongest to the electron beam has …

Plasmon modes of the exact same individual gold nanoprisms are investigated through
combined nanometer-resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) and …

Interest in nanotechnology is driven by the unique and novel properties of nanoscale
materials such as the strong interaction of metal particles with light, caused by localized …