Optimized plasmonic nanoparticle distributions for solar spectrum harvesting

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Cole, Joseph R ^a   Halas, N J ^a,b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING DISTRIBUTIONS; SCATTERING MEDIA; SUBMONOLAYER GEOMETRY;

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOLAYERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750008678     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2360918     Document Type: Article

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