Optically anisotropic polyethylene–gold nanocomposites

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 31, 1999, Pages 6581-6586

  Dirix, Yvo ^a   Darribére, Cyril ^a   Heffels, Wilbert ^a   Bastiaansen, Cees ^a   Caseri, Walter ^a   Smith, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0000643842     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006581     Document Type: Article

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