Optical properties of ag/polyvinylidene fluoride nanocomposites: A theoretical study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8316-8324

  Rowan, Christopher K ^a   Paci, Irina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; FIELD DIRECTIONS; IMAGINARY PARTS; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; MATERIAL RESPONSE; METALLIC INCLUSIONS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MONODISPERSE SYSTEMS; NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLE SHAPE; NEW MATERIAL; OPTICAL RESPONSE; POLYDISPERSES; POLYMER BANDS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT MODELS; RESPONSE PROPERTIES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SIZE AND SHAPE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TUNABLE PROPERTIES; VOLUME RATIO;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; INCLUSIONS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RANGE FINDING; SILVER;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955413502     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp200428e     Document Type: Article

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