Photoelectrochemical behavior of self-assembled Ag/Co plasmonic nanostructures capped with TiO2

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-29

  Watanabe, Anri ^a   Kotake, Yuki ^c   Kamata, Yoshiomi ^c   Chikamatsu, Akira ^a,b   Ueno, Kosei ^c   Misawa, Hiroaki ^c   Hasegawa, Tetsuya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

electrochemistry; nanocomposite; nanorod; photochemistry; pulsed laser deposition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INSTABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NANOSTRUCTURE ARRAYS; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONIC RESONATORS;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PLASMONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

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EID: 84891797592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402320p     Document Type: Article

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