%0 Journal Article %T Plasmon hybridization for real metals %A Kui Bao %A Heidar Sobhani %A Peter Nordlander %J Chinese Science Bulletin %@ 1861-9541 %D 2010 %I %R 10.1007/s11434-010-4070-y %X We present three important extensions of the plasmon hybridization (PH) method: a generalization of the method to include realistic non-Drude dielectric permittivities for metals, the development of an algorithm for the calculation of plasmon-induced electric field enhancements, and the extension of the PH method to the modeling of plasmonic Fano resonances. We illustrate these developments with an application to a silver nanosphere dimer and a symmetric silver nanosphere heptamer. %K plasmon hybridization %K plasmon %K Fano resonances %K nanoparticle %U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11434-010-4070-y