A study of the porosities of polymer nanoporous films using numerical simulations and experimental methods

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 872-876

  Yang, Z Y ^a   Zhao, M ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POROSITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYMER NANOPOROUS FILMS; SERIES MODELS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 34748817521     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/10/017     Document Type: Article

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