Preparation, structure, and optical properties of nanoporous gold thin films

Langmuir

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2414-2422

  Dixon, Matthew C ^a   Daniel, Thomas A ^a   Hieda, Mitsunori ^a,c   Smilgies, Detlef M ^b   Chan, Moses H W ^a   Allara, David L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-FLUOROBENZENETHIOL; PLANAR SUBSTRATES; RAMAN SUBSTRATES; SYNCHROTRON GRAZING INCIDENCE;

ETCHING; MONOLAYERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; X RAY SCATTERING;

GOLD;

EID: 33847745103     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la062313z     Document Type: Article

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