Metal-insulator nanocomposites which act optically like homogeneous conductors

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Smith, Geoff Burton ^a   Gentle, Angus Robert ^a   Maaroof, Abbas Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effective medium; Mesoporous gold; Optical properties; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASMA WAVES; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

DIELECTRIC VOLUME FRACTIONS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; MESOPOROUS GOLD; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PERCOLATION CONCENTRATIONS; PLASMA FREQUENCIES; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SPECTRAL FUNCTION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548452500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2711706     Document Type: Article

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