Nanoshell particles: Synthesis, properties and applications

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1038-1052

  Kalele, Suchita ^a   Gosavi, S W ^a   Urban, J ^b   Kulkarni, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core shell particles; Metal nanoparticles; Nanoshell particles; Semiconductor nanoparticles; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751357675     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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