Sol-gel synthesis of Au/Cu-TiO2 nanocomposite and their morphological and optical properties

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Gondal, M A ^a   Rashid, S G ^a   Dastageer, M A ^a   Zubair, S M ^a   Ali, M A ^a   Lienhard, J H ^b   McKinley, G H ^b   Varanasi, K K ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

gold modification; photoluminescence (PL); sol gel technique; Titania based nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS; TITANIA NANO-PARTICLES;

COPPER; GOLD; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOL-GELS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84880212328     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2262674     Document Type: Article

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