UV-visible-near infrared photoabsorption and photodetection using close-packed metallic gold nanoparticle network

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Xie, Xian Ning ^a   Zhong, Yu Lin ^a   Dhoni, Mohan S ^a   Xie, Yilin ^a   Loh, Kian Ping ^a   Sow, Chorng Haur ^a   Ji, Wei ^a   Wee, Andrew Thye Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; CDS; COLLECTIVE EFFECTS; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; CONVENIENT ALTERNATIVES; DELOCALIZATIONS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; INKJET PRINTING PROCESS; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; LOW TEMPERATURES; METALLIC GOLD; NEAR INFRARED; PHOTO DETECTION; PHOTOABSORPTIONS; PHOTOCARRIER; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POWER-LAW; SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS; UV-VISIBLE; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WET-CHEMISTRY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER LIFETIME; CRYSTALS; GOLD; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 77949694200     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3310367     Document Type: Article

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