Versatile surface plasmon resonance of carbon-dot-supported silver nanoparticles in polymer optoelectronic devices

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 732-738

  Choi, Hyosung ^a   Ko, Seo Jin ^a   Choi, Yuri ^a   Joo, Piljae ^a   Kim, Taehyo ^a   Lee, Bo Ram ^a   Jung, Jae Woo ^b   Choi, Hee Joo ^c   Cha, Myoungsik ^c   Jeong, Jong Ryul ^b   Hwang, In Wook ^d   Song, Myoung Hoon ^a   Kim, Byeong Su ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONICS; POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; POLYMER OPTOELECTRONICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE EFFECTS;

CARBON; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASMONS; POLYMERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

SILVER;

EID: 84883342421     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.181     Document Type: Article

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