Real time in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry of the growth and plasmonic properties of au nanoparticles on SiO2

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 513-520

  Beyene, H T ^a,b,d   Weber, J W ^b   Verheijen, M A ^b   van de Sanden, M C M ^b,c   Creatore, M ^b  

^a MATERIALS INNOVATION INSTITUTE M2I   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DUTCH INSTITUTE FOR FUNDAMENTAL ENERGY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Oled Technologies and Solutions   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; nucleation and growth; plasmonics; real time in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865790891     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0236-z     Document Type: Article

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