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Journal of Nanotechnology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 745390, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/745390
Research Article

Sensing Properties of a Fabry-Perot Dielectric Structure and Dimer Nanoparticles

A. Polemi and K. L. Shuford

Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Received 30 November 2011; Accepted 18 January 2012

Academic Editor: Mustafa Çulha

Copyright © 2012 A. Polemi and K. L. Shuford. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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