Enhanced ultraviolet emission from poly(vinyl alcohol) ZnO nanoparticles using a SiO2-Au core/shell structure

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5840-5844

  Shao, Dali ^a   Sun, Hongtao ^a   Yu, Mingpeng ^a,b   Lian, Jie ^a   Sawyer, Shayla ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

photoluminescence; SiO2 Au core shell; surface plasmon resonance; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP EDGE; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; OPTICAL RESONANCE; RESONANCE ENERGIES; SURFACE PLASMONS; TUNABILITIES; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84869200801     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl3031955     Document Type: Article

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