Chemically linked AuNP-alkane network for enhanced photoemission and field emission

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2722-2730

  Xie, Xian Ning ^a   Gao, Xingyu ^a   Qi, Dongchen ^a   Xie, Yilin ^a   Shen, Lei ^b   Yang, Shuo Wang ^b   Sow, Chorng Haur ^a   Wee, Andrew Thye Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AuNP alkane network; Bonding; Field emission; Gold nanoparticles; Nanoparticle ligand chemical; Photoassisted field emission; Photodetection; Photoemission

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOLS; AUNP-ALKANE NETWORK; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CHEMICAL LINKAGE; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS; GEOMETRICAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INTERBAND; LIGAND EFFECT; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NEGATIVE ELECTRON AFFINITY; NEW MECHANISMS; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTO-ELECTRON EMISSION; PHOTOASSISTED FIELD EMISSION; PHOTODETECTION; PHOTOENHANCED; PHOTOENHANCEMENT; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; PHOTOILLUMINATION; PROCESSABLE; STABLE FIELDS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRON AFFINITY; ELECTRONS; LIGANDS; NANOPARTICLES; PARAFFINS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOEMISSION; PHOTOEXCITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FIELD EMISSION;

ALKANE; GOLD; LIGAND; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKANES; ELECTRONS; GOLD; LIGANDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

EID: 70349556164     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9005335     Document Type: Article

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