Optimization of optical properties of polycarbonate film with thiol gold-nanoparticles

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1193-1204

  Larosa, Claudio ^a   Stura, Enrico ^a,b   Eggenhöffner, Roberto ^a   Nicolini, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione ELBA Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polycarbonate; Thiol gold nanoparticles; UV vis plasmon absorption band

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM SOLUTIONS; GOLD NANO-PARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; PLASMON ABSORPTION BANDS; POLYCARBONATE FILMS; POLYCARBONATE MATRICES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETECTION;

COMPOSITE FILMS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; POLYCARBONATES; POLYMER FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 78650781117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2031193     Document Type: Article

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