Fabrication of Noble metal-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures using phase transfer

Nano Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-130

  Bala, Tanushree ^a,b   Singh, Ajay ^a   Sanyal, Ambarish ^a,c   O'Sullivan, Catriona ^a   Laffir, Fathima ^a   Coughlan, Claudia ^a   Ryan, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Ag tips; Au tips; phase transfer; semiconductor metal hybrids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874191637     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0287-9     Document Type: Article

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