Photoconductance and inverse photoconductance in films of functionalized metal nanoparticles

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7253, 2009, Pages 371-375

  Nakanishi, Hideyuki ^a,b   Bishop, Kyle J M ^b   Kowalczyk, Bartlomiej ^a,b   Nitzan, Abraham ^a,c   Weiss, Emily A ^a   Tretiakov, Konstantin V ^b   Apodaca, Mario M ^a   Klajn, Rafal ^b   Stoddart, J Fraser ^a   Grzybowski, Bartosz A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOATING; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER;

CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRON; FILM; IRRADIATION; METAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRRADIATION; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67650809277     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08131     Document Type: Article

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