Table 2 DDA simulation matrix of aggregated GNS.

From: Aggregation affects optical properties and photothermal heating of gold nanospheres

Parameters

Values

GNS aggregate size

2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, 30

GNS diameter (nm)

5, 16, 30

Wavelength (nm)

450–950

Wavelength step size (nm)

20 for bulk; 4 for range of resonance peak (± 50)