Large broadband visible to infrared plasmonic absorption from Ag nanoparticles with a fractal structure embedded in a Teflon AF ® matrix

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Biswas, A ^a,c   Eilers, H ^a   Hidden Jr , F ^a   Aktas, O C ^b,d   Kiran, C V S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCOLATING NETWORK; PLASMONIC ABSORPTION; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; VAPOR-PHASE CODEPOSITION METHOD;

INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RESONANCE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 33645503473     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2161401     Document Type: Article

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