Title: surface plasmon resonance
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - surface plasmon resonance
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09444
Status: current

Definition
Resonant interaction between the natural frequency of a surface plasmon and incident light of the same frequency.

Related Term
- surface plasmon: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09294

Source
- PAC, 2020, 92, 1781. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 1793 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0404)

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Citation: Citation: 'surface plasmon resonance' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09444
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