Terahertz depolarization effects in colloidal TiO2 films reveal particle morphology

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1191-1197

  Jensen, Søren A ^a,b   Tielrooij, Klaas Jan ^c   Hendry, Euan ^d   Bonn, Mischa ^b   Rychetský, Ivan ^e   Němec, Hynek ^e  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; DEPOLARIZATION EFFECTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE RESPONSE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY SPECTRUM; SPATIAL INHOMOGENEITIES;

DEPOLARIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SINTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

EID: 84892682481     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406897y     Document Type: Article

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