Hypersonic vibrations of Ag@SiO2 (cubic core)-shell nanospheres

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7692-7698

  Sun, Jing Ya ^a   Wang, Zhi Kui ^a   Lim, Hock Siah ^a   Ng, Ser Choon ^a   Kuok, Meng Hau ^a   Tran, Toan Trong ^a   Lu, Xianmao ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brillouin light scattering; core shells; finite element simulations; mode displacement profiles; vibrational modes

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN LIGHT SCATTERING; CORE SHELL; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MODE-DISPLACEMENTS; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSPHERES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REFRACTION; SCATTERING; SILICA; SILVER; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SPHERES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

NANOSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NANOSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; VIBRATION;

EID: 78650717997     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102581g     Document Type: Article

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