Synthesis, characterizations, and thermal induced structural transformation of silver-fullerene C60 nanocomposite thin films for applications in optical devices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Singhal, R ^a   Agarwal, D C ^a   Mishra, Y K ^b   Kabiraj, D ^a   Mattei, G ^c   Pivin, J C ^d   Chandra, R ^e   Avasthi, D K ^a  

^a INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; BLUE SHIFT; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; FULLERENE C; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HOST MATRICES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATRIX; MAXWELL-GARNETT; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTENT; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; RED SHIFT; RUTHERFORD BACK-SCATTERING SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; THERMAL CODEPOSITION;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ANNEALING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FULLERENES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

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EID: 77952982299     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3366709     Document Type: Article

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