Influence of process parameters on surface plasmon resonance characteristics of densely packed gold nanoparticle films grown by pulsed laser deposition

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4898-4905

  Verma, Shweta ^a   Tirumala Rao, B ^a   Rai, Sanjay ^a   Ganesan, V ^b   Kukreja, L M ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Film morphology; Gold nanoparticles; Pulsed laser deposition; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC FILMS; PLASMONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS;

FILM MORPHOLOGY; GOLD NANOPARTICLE FILMS; INFLUENCE OF PROCESS PARAMETERS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TARGET TO SUBSTRATE DISTANCE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84857786204     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.01.111     Document Type: Article

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