Size-dependent thermo-optical properties of embedded Bi nanostructures

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2008, Pages

  Haro Poniatowski, E ^a,b   Serna, R ^b   Jimenez De Castro M ^b   Suarez Garcia A ^b   Afonso, C N ^b   Vickridge, I ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYSTERESIS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MELTING; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROCESS CONTROL; SOLIDIFICATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

BULK MELTING TEMPERATURES; CONTROLLED PROCESSES; DECREASE LINEARLY; MATRIX EFFECTS; MEAN SIZES; MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATIONS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; NANOSTRUCTURE SIZES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSES; SURFACE ENERGIES; TEMPERATURE HYSTERESISES;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BISMUTH; CHLORMETHINE; NANOCOATING; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; FILM; LIQUID; MELTING POINT; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 58149218275     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/48/485708     Document Type: Article

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