Synthesis and enhanced photoluminescence in novel AucoreAu-Agshell nanoparticles embedded Nd3+-doped antimony oxide glass hybrid nanocomposites

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2469-2479

  Som, Tirtha ^a   Karmakar, Basudeb ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ag Ag nanoparticles; Antimony oxide glasses; Core shell morphology; Metal enhanced photoluminescence; Metal glass nanocomposites; Neodymium

Indexed keywords

AG-AG NANOPARTICLES; ANTIMONY OXIDE GLASSES; ANTIMONY OXIDES; AU-AG NANOPARTICLE; CO-DOPED; CORE-SHELL MORPHOLOGIES; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; EMISSION BANDS; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; INTENSITY ENHANCEMENT; LOCAL-FIELD EFFECTS; MATRIX; METAL-GLASS NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASMONIC; SINGLE-STEP; SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES; THERMO-CHEMICAL; UP-CONVERSION; UV-VIS-NIR ABSORPTION; XRD; XRD PATTERNS;

ANTIMONY; GLASS; GOLD; IONS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPHOTONICS; NEODYMIUM; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

SILVER;

ANTIMONY; GOLD; LUMINESCENCE; NEODYMIUM; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80051782621     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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