Optical properties of hybrid T3Pyr/SiO2/3C-SiC nanowires

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Fabbri, Filippo ^a   Rossi, Francesca ^a   Melucci, Manuela ^b   Manet, Ilse ^b   Attolini, Giovanni ^a   Favaretto, Laura ^b   Zambianchi, Massimo ^b   Salviati, Giancarlo ^a  

^a IMEM CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Functionalization; Nanowires; Oligothiophene; Silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FLUORESCENCE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SILICON CARBIDE;

CARBON DISTRIBUTION; CORE/SHELL NANOWIRES; FLUORESCENT SPECTRA; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED NANOSTRUCTURES; MOLECULE GRAFTING; NANOSTRUCTURED HYBRIDS; OLIGOTHIOPHENES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84875286939     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-680     Document Type: Article

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