Preparation, structural and optical characterization of nanocrystalline ZnO doped with luminescent Ag-nanoclusters

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 723-734

  Kuznetsov, A S ^a   Lu, Y G ^b   Turner, S ^b   Shestakov, M V ^a,c   Tikhomirov, V K ^a   Kirilenko, D ^b   Verbeeck, J ^b   Baranov, A N ^c   Moshchalkov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCLUSTERS; SILVER; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

BROAD EMISSION BANDS; ENERGY LEVEL DIAGRAMS; LUMINESCENT AG NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WHITE-LIGHT GENERATION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84866254127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000723     Document Type: Article

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