One-step index-tunable antireflection coatings from aggregated silica nanoparticles

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6426-6431

  Cook, Kevin T ^a   Tettey, Kwadwo E ^b   Bunch, Robert M ^a   Lee, Daeyeon ^b   Nolte, Adam J ^a  

^a ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregation; antireflection; colloid; nanoparticle; silica; thin films

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION METHODS; AGGREGATION PROCESS; ANTI-REFLECTION; ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; COATING PROCEDURES; NANOPARTICLE SOLUTIONS; PRECISE CONTROL; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE LAYER; SOLUTION-AGING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGGLOMERATION; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COLLOIDS; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

COATINGS;

EID: 84871662849     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am3020586     Document Type: Article

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