Structure transition, formation, and optical absorption property study of Ag/SiO2 nanofilm by sol-gel method

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3141-3146

  Li, Y ^a   Zhang, B P ^a   Zhao, C H ^b   Zhao, J X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag SiO2 nanocomposite films; FT IR; Optical properties; sol gel

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; ANNEALING PROCESS; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; FT-IR; NANO FILMS; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; OPTICAL ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS; VISIBLE RANGE;

COMPOSITE FILMS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SILVER;

EID: 84871377244     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.388     Document Type: Article

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