journal article·2026-03

The effects of symmetry breaking in a plasmonic metal nanoshell on the optical absorption cross-section and the fluorescence lifetime of a nearby molecule

Nader Daneshfar, Darya Moradi, Tawfigh Osati

Applied Physics A· Volume 132· Issue 3
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