Optoelectronic property modeling of carbon nanotubes grafted with gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Heltzel, Alex J ^a   Qu, Liangti ^b   Dai, Liming ^b  

^a PC Krause and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON; CRACK PROPAGATION; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FULLERENES; GOLD; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MAGNETISM; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ANISOTROPIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRODYNAMIC MODELING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES (NANO-AU); IN LINE; INTENSITY ENHANCEMENT; NANOTUBE WALLS; OPTICAL RANGING; OPTICAL RESPONSES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROPAGATION; OPTO ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PLASMON (CO); SUB WAVELENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 44949181748     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/24/245702     Document Type: Article

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