Antireflection effects at nanostructured material interfaces and the suppression of thin-film interference

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Qiaoyin ^a   Zhang, Xu A ^a   Bagal, Abhijeet ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Chang, Chih Hao ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION PROCESS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; MOTH-EYE STRUCTURE; NATURAL PHENOMENA; THIN-FILM INTERFERENCE;

FILM PREPARATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; THIN FILM DEVICES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SILICON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; POLYMERS; SILICON;

EID: 84878071940     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/23/235202     Document Type: Article

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