Noble Transition Metals of the Platinum Group

This chapter describes the operation points, i.e., the necessary parameters to excite the surface plasmon for the Platinum-like transition metals (Ir, Os, Pd, Pt, Rh, and Ru). Aspects like incident angle range, wavelength range, metal thickness, optical substrate, nanoparticle size, dynamic range, responsivity, SPR depth, intensity and line broadening are present.