Optical modeling of the plasmon band of monolayer-protected nanometal clusters in pure and in polymer matrix thin films as a function of heat treatment

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Sivaramakrishnan, Sankaran ^a   Anto, Bibin T ^a   Ho, Peter K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DESORPTION; GOLD; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; HEAT TREATMENT; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; POLYMER FILMS; SURFACE RELAXATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS;

CONDUCTIVE PATHS; CORE SHELLS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUMS; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LIGAND SHELLS; MATRIXES; NANO CRYSTALS; NANO METALS; NANO STRUCTURES; OPTICAL MODELING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THIN FILMS; OPTICAL SPECTRUM; PLASMON BANDS; QUANTUM-SIZE EFFECTS; SURFACE MELTING; TRANSFER MATRICES;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 62149133375     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3095481     Document Type: Article

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