Self assembly of the metal nanoparticles: Formation of the highly oriented, core-shell type, bimetallic gold-silver film

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-330

  Mallick, Kaushik ^a   Witcomb, Mike J ^a   Scurrell, Mike S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bimetallic nanoparticles; Core shell structure; Gold silver thin film; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; CORE SHELL STRUCTURES; GOLD SILVER THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SOURCE;

BIMETALS; GOLD; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILVER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METHOXY POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; REDUCING AGENT; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; FILM; FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33947161922     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-006-9104-7     Document Type: Article

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