Resonant microwave absorption in thermally deposited Au nanoparticle films near percolation coverage

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 9010-9015

  Obrzut, Jan ^a   Douglas, Jack F ^a   Kirillov, Oleg ^a   Sharifi, Fred ^a   Liddle, J Alexander ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY PERCOLATION; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; GEOMETRICAL PERCOLATION; HETEROGENEOUS GEOMETRY; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MICROWAVE FREQUENCY RANGES; PERCOLATION TRANSITION;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GOLD DEPOSITS; METALLIC FILMS; MICROWAVES; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SOLVENTS;

GOLD;

EID: 84880269382     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la401753y     Document Type: Article

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