Ag-Au alloy nanoparticles prepared by electro-exploding wire technique

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1027-1036

  Alqudami, Abdullah ^a   Annapoorni, S ^a   Govind, ^b   Shivaprasad, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Ag Au alloy nanoparticles; Electro exploding wire; Fluorescence; Nanocomposites; SPR; Synthesis; XPS

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALLOYS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXPLODING WIRES; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WIRE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AG NANO-PARTICLES; ALLOY NANOPARTICLES; AVERAGE SIZE; BUSINESS MEDIA; EXPLODING WIRE TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENCE EMISSIONS; METAL OXIDES; METALLIC ALLOYS; SPRINGER (CO); UV VISIBLE (UV VIS) SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS);

SILVER ALLOYS;

ALLOY; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 45849131667     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-007-9333-4     Document Type: Article

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