Size confinement effects on electronic and optical properties of silver halide nanocrystals as probed by cryo-EFTEM and EELS

Plasmonics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Oleshko, Vladimir P ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

EFTEM EELS; Nanocrystalline silver halides; Plasmons; Size confinement

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049146558     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-008-9052-4     Document Type: Article

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