Nanoscale color control of TiO2 films with embedded Au nanoparticles

Materials Letters

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2624-2626

  Torrell, M ^a   Cunha, L ^a   Kabir, Md R ^a,b   Cavaleiro, A ^b   Vasilevskiy, M I ^a   Vaz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; COLOR CONTROL; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; DIELECTRIC MATRIXES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE CONTROL; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SHAPE AND SIZE; TIO;

LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TUNING;

GOLD;

EID: 77956580002     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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