Uniform dispersion of lanthanum hexaboride nanoparticles in a silica thin film: Synthesis and optical properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5833-5838

  Jiang, Fei ^a   Leong, Yee Kwong ^a   Saunders, Martine ^a   Martyniuk, Mariusz ^a   Faraone, Lorenzo ^a   Keating, Adrian ^a   Dell, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

LaB6 nanoparticles; NIR absorption; silica thin film; surface plasmon resonance; surfactant stabilization

Indexed keywords

CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LANTHANUM HEXABORIDES; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NIR ABSORPTIONS; REACTION MIXTURE; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SCANNING TEM; SENSING SYSTEMS; SILICA THIN FILMS; SOL-GEL REACTION; SOL-GEL SILICA; SURFACTANT STABILIZATION; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANNEALING; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; ETHANOL; FILM PREPARATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LABORATORIES; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORS; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BORON DERIVATIVE; LANTHANUM; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BORON COMPOUNDS; LANTHANUM; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84870566861     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am301481j     Document Type: Article

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