Controlling the optical properties of plasmonic disordered nanohole silver films

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 615-624

  Reilly III, Thomas H ^a   Tenent, Robert C ^a,b   Barnes, Teresa M ^a   Rowlen, Kathy L ^b,c   Van De Lagemaat, Jao ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c InDevR LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloidal lithography; Enhanced optical transmission; Layer by layer deposition.; Nanoaperture; Nanohole; Surface plasmon; Transparent electrode

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; ENHANCED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; NANO-APERTURES; NANOHOLE SURFACE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LITHOGRAPHY; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; SILVER; SOLVENTS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

INORGANIC SALT; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSPHERE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ELECTRICITY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; TIME;

COLLOIDS; ELECTRICITY; NANOSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; SALTS; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649085579     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901734d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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