Optical properties of Au nanoparticles included in mesoporous TiO 2 thin films: A dual experimental and modeling study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7246-7259

  Sanchez V M ^a,b   Martinez E D ^a   Martinez Ricci M L ^c   Troiani, H ^d   Soler Illia, G J A A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO CONSTITUYENTES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Quimica Fisica de los Materiales Medio Ambiente y Energia   (Argentina)

^d CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MULTI-LAYERED SYSTEMS; ORDERED MESOPOROUS; SPATIAL LOCALIZATION; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRA;

DISPERSIONS; ELLIPSOMETRY; GOLD ALLOYS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

GOLD;

EID: 84876249327     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3127847     Document Type: Article

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