Photosensitive gold-nanoparticle-embedded dielectric nanowires

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-106

  Hu, Ming Shien ^a,b   Chen, Hsin L ^c,d   Shen, Ching Hsing ^d   Hong, L Sheng ^a   Huang, Bohr Ran ^c   Chen, Kuei Hsien ^b,d   Chen, Li Chyong ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GOLD; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SILICA;

DIELECTRIC NANOWIRES; MICROREACTORS; SILICA NANOWIRES; WAVEGUIDING DEVICES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 31744433509     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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