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MNPBEM is a toolbox for the simulation of metallic nanoparticles (MNP),
using a boundary element method (BEM) approach developed by F. J.
Garcia de Abajo and A. Howie, Phys. Rev. B 65, 115418 (2002).
The main purpose of the toolbox is to solve Maxwell's equations for a
dielectric environment where bodies with homogeneous and isotropic
dielectric functions are separated by abrupt interfaces. Although the
approach is in principle suited for arbitrary body sizes and photon
energies, it is tested (and probably works best) for metallic
nanoparticles with sizes ranging from a few to a few hundreds of
nanometers, and for frequencies in the optical and near-infrared regime.
On this page we provide the help pages for the toolbox and a list of
bugs that have been found and corrected, as well as further
improvements of the simulation code. For the download of the full
toolbox (see below)
one needs a password. The standard version of the toolbox (without
symmetry and layer structures) together with a detailed description
will be published in Computer Physics Communications, and can be
downloaded here:
When using the MNPBEM toolbox, we ask you to cite the following reference:
- U. Hohenester and A. Trügler, Comp. Phys. Commun. 183, 370 (2012).
(PDF) CPC
Help pages
Selected publications with the MNPBEM Toolbox
- Andreas Trügler, PhD Thesis, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (2011). PhDThesis (30 MB)
- T.
Hanke, J. Cesar, V.
Knittel, A. Trügler, U. Hohenester, A. Leitenstorfer, and R.
Bratschitsch:
Tailoring
spatiotemporal light confinement in single plasmonic nanoantennas;
Nano Letters 12, 992 (2012).
(PDF) Nano Lett.
- I. Ament, J. Prasad, A. Henkel, S. Schmachtel, and C. Sönnichsen:
Single Unlabeled Protein Detection on Individual Plasmonic Nanoparticles;
Nano Letters 12, 1092 (2012). Nano Lett.
- A.
Jakab, Y. Khalavka, J.
Becker, A. Trügler, C. Rosman, U. Hohenester, and C.
Sönnichsen:
Highly sensitive plasmonic
silver nanorods;
ACS Nano 5,
6880 (2011). (PDF)
ACS Nano
- A. Trügler, J. C.
Tinguely, J. R. Krenn, A. Hohenau, and U. Hohenester:
Influence of surface roughness on the optical properties of plasmonic
nanoparticles;
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D. Koller, U. Hohenester, A.
Hohenau,
H. Ditlbacher, F. Reil, N. Galler, F. Aussenegg, A. Leitner, A.
Trügler, and J. Krenn:
Superresolution Moire mapping of
particle plasmon modes;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104,
143901 (2010).
(PDF)
Phys.
Rev.
- J. Becker, A.
Trügler, A. Jakab, U. Hohenester, and C. Sönnichsen:
The optimal aspect ratio of gold
nanorods for plasmonic bio-sensing;
Plasmonics 5,
161 (2010).
(PDF)
- U.
Hohenester, H. Ditlbacher,
and J. Krenn:
Electron
energy loss spectroscopy of plasmonic
nanoparticles;
Phys.
Rev. Lett. 103,
106801 (2009). (PDF)
Phys.
Rev.
- B. Schaffer, U. Hohenester,
A. Trügler, and F. Hofer:
High-resolution
surface plasmon imaging of gold nanoparticles by energy filtered
transmission electron microscopy;
Phys.
Rev. B 79,
041401(R) (2009).
(PDF)
Phys.
Rev.
Download of full version (password restricted)
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Ulrich
Hohenester
Institut für Physik, Karl-Franzens Universität Graz,
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