Tuning of refractive index of poly(vinyl alcohol): Effect of embedding Cu and Ag nanoparticles

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Mahendia, Suman ^a   Tomar, Anil Kumar ^a,b   Goyal, Parveen K ^a,c   Kumar, Shyam ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Kurukshetra Institute of Technology and Management   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; EMBEDDED NANOPARTICLES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MODEL-BASED OPC; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLYMER COMPOSITE; THROUGH TRANSMISSION;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SILVER;

EID: 84874583055     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4792473     Document Type: Article

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