Synthesis of silver/SiO2/Eu:Lu2O3 core-shell nanoparticles and their polymer nanocomposites

Powder Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Gunawidjaja, Ray ^a   Myint, Thandar ^a   Eilers, Hergen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell structures; Eu:Lu2O3 nanoparticles; Silver nanoplates; Surface functionalization

Indexed keywords

CORE COMPONENTS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; EU:LU2O3 NANOPARTICLES; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; METAL CORE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANO METER RANGE; PLASMONIC; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMERIC MATRICES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPLATES; SPHERICAL SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE;

DESIGN; EUROPIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SILVER;

EUROPIUM; LUTETIUM; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FLUORESCENCE; METAL DOPING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 79955466923     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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