Antireflection properties of monodisperse hollow silica nanospheres

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-70

  Gao, Tao ^a   Jelle, Bjørn Petter ^a,b   Gustavsen, Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION; FLOAT GLASS SUBSTRATES; HOLLOW SILICA NANOSPHERES; INNER DIAMETERS; MONODISPERSE; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL REGIONS; SHELL THICKNESS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICA; SUBSTRATES;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 84872324758     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-012-7468-3     Document Type: Article

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