In silico design of metal-dielectric nanocomposites for solar energy applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6648, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Trice, Justin ^a   Garcia, Hernando ^b   Sureshkumar, Radhakrishna ^a,c   Kalyanaraman, Ramki ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption coating; Nanocomposite; Optimization; Simulated annealing; Solar

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BROADBAND NETWORKS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOLAR ENERGY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; VOLUME FRACTION;

ABSORPTION COATINGS; METAL-DIELECTRIC NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICO DESIGNS; TERNARY NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 42149171403     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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