Absorption enhancement in solution processed metal-semiconductor nanocomposites

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 21038-21049

  Pelayo Garcia De Arquer F ^a   Beck, Fiona J ^a   Konstantatos, Gerasimos ^a  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

3D SIMULATIONS; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; FULL WAVES; MAXIMUM GAIN; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NEAR FIELD EFFECT; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR MATRICES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; VISIBLE-NEAR INFRARED REGIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLLOIDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; QUANTUM DOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 80053977912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.021038     Document Type: Article

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