The optical properties of Cu-Ni nanoparticles produced via pulsed laser dewetting of ultrathin films: The effect of nanoparticle size and composition on the plasmon response

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-287

  Wu, Y ^a   Fowlkes, J D ^b   Rack, P D ^a,b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ALLOY NANOPARTICLE; BLUESHIFTS; CU-NI ALLOYS; DE-WETTING; LASER INDUCED; LASER TREATMENT; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NI NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL CONCENTRATIONS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PLASMON PEAKS; PLASMON RESPONSE; SPINODAL DEWETTING; THIN FILM COMPOSITION;

COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; PULSED LASERS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79952387988     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.9     Document Type: Review

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