UV/Vis visible optical waveguides fabricated using organic-inorganic nanocomposite layers

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2057-2063

  Simone, Giuseppina ^a,b   Perozziello, Gerardo ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Morphology; Organic inorganic nanocomposites; Tunability; UV Vis transparent waveguides

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; METHACRYLATE MATRIX; NANO-COMPOSITE LAYERS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; ORGANIC CHAINS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC NANOCOMPOSITES; PROPAGATION LOSS; SILICA CONCENTRATIONS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SOLVENT-FREE PROCESS; TUNABILITIES;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; TRANSPARENCY; WAVEGUIDES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79955813264     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.3546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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