Optical properties of nanocrystal interfaces in compressed MgO nanopowders

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3003-3009

  McKenna, Keith P ^a,b   Koller, David ^c   Sternig, Andreas ^d   Siedl, Nicolas ^c,d   Govind, Niranjan ^e   Sushko, Peter V ^b   Diwald, Oliver ^c,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

first principles calculations; metal oxide; nanocrystals; nanopowders; optical absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ENERGY RANGES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; METAL OXIDE; MGO POWDERS; NANOPOWDER APPLICATIONS; NANOPOWDERS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; SURFACE FEATURE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 79955408890     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200062d     Document Type: Article

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