The effect of atmospheric tarnishing on the optical and structural properties of silver nanoparticles

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Oates, T W H ^a   Losurdo, M ^b   Noda, S ^c   Hinrichs, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION THICKNESS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; POST DEPOSITION ANNEALING; SILVER ISLAND FILMS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES;

DEPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

EID: 84875331673     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/14/145308     Document Type: Article

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