Thermally driven optical switching in Bi nanostructures

Nanotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3142-3145

  Haro Poniatowski, E ^a,b   Serna, R ^a   Suarez Garcia A ^a   Afonso, C N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; REFLECTION; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; OPTICAL SWITCHING; REFLECTIVITY CHANGES; THERMALLY INDUCED TRANSMISSION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 27944505868     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/12/069     Document Type: Article

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