Reversible thermochromic nanocomposites based on thiolate-capped silver nanoparticles embedded in amorphous polystyrene

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1323-1340

  Carotenuto, Gianfranco ^a   Nicolais, Francesca ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interdigitation; Surface plasmon absorption; Thermochromism; Thiolate capped silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

INTERDIGITATION PHENOMENON; INTERDIGITATIONS; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON ABSORPTION; THERMOCHROMIC MATERIALS; THERMOCHROMISM; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; CHROMOGENICS; CRYSTALLITES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACES;

SILVER;

EID: 80052587513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2031323     Document Type: Review

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