The photochemical growth of silver nanoparticles on semiconductor surfaces - Initial nucleation stage

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Dunn, S ^a   Sharp, S ^b   Burgess, S ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLASMA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND DIAGRAMS; CONCENTRATION OF; DISCRETE LOCATIONS; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATES; LOCAL DEFECTS; LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANO-SCALE PATTERNS; NEGATIVE CHARGES; NUCLEATION DENSITIES; NUCLEATION MECHANISMS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; NUCLEATION STAGES; PHOTOCHEMICAL GROWTHS; POSITIVE CHARGES; SEMI-CONDUCTOR SURFACES; SILVER METALS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; STERN LAYERS;

DEFECT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILVER; SUBSTRATES;

NUCLEATION;

CATION; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 65449173613     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/11/115604     Document Type: Article

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