Different methods of increasing the mechanical strength of gold nanocages

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3527-3531

  Mahmoud, Mahmoud A ^a   Szymanski, Paul ^a   El Sayed, Mostafa A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOCAGES; GOLD NANOSHELLS; GOLD SHELL; LANGMUIR BLODGETT TECHNIQUES; NANOCAGES; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; QUARTZ SUBSTRATE; SURFACE PLASMON BAND; TOTALLY SYMMETRIC; ULTRA-FAST; VIBRATION RELAXATION;

LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MONOLAYERS; NANOSHELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLATINUM; QUARTZ; SUBSTRATES; TRANSITION METALS;

GOLD;

EID: 84870830713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301503z     Document Type: Article

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