Pulsed infrared laser annealing of gold nanoparticles embedded in a silica matrix

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Halabica, A ^a   Idrobo, J C ^a,c   Pantelides, S T ^a,c   Magruder, R H ^b   Pennycook, S J ^a,c   Haglund, R F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICA;

PULSED INFRARED LASER IRRADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON PEAK;

GOLD;

EID: 43049115364     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2909965     Document Type: Article

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