Fabrication and optical characterizations of gold nanoshell opal

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3215-3221

  Lee, Jin Hyoung ^a   Wu, Qi ^a   Park, Wounjhang ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GOLD NANOSHELL OPAL; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33846335503     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0398     Document Type: Article

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