Localization of laser-induced breakdown in aggregates of silver nanoshells

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-295

  Suzuki, Honoh ^a   Koike, Tomoko ^a   Suzuki, Izumi ^a   Kawabata, Tokimasa ^a   Lee, I Yin Sandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ag nanoshells; Laser induced breakdown; Localized emission; Mie theory; Nanoparticle aggregates

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; INFRARED DETECTORS; LASER APPLICATIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AG NANOSHELLS; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN; LOCALIZED EMISSION; MIE THEORY; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33646760978     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stam.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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