Seed induced growth of binary Ag/Au nanostructures on a graphite surface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lidgi Guigui, N ^a,c   Mulheran, P ^b   Palmer, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOASSAY; BIOCHIPS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; GRAPHITE; MICROARRAYS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SEED; SILVER PLATING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AG ATOMS; AG DEPOSITION; AU CLUSTERS; BINARY MODELS; CLUSTER DEPOSITION; GRAPHITE SURFACES; LATERAL DIFFUSION; OPTICAL FILMS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 52949144905     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2988188     Document Type: Article

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