Anisotropic absorption in PbSe nanorods

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 581-590

  Cunningham, Paul D ^a   Boercker, Janice E ^a   Placencia, Diogenes ^a   Tischler, Joseph G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

absorption; anisotropy; dielectric contrast; local field; Maxwell Garnett; nanorods; PbSe; polarization memory

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; LOCAL FIELDS; MAXWELL-GARNETT; PBSE; POLARIZATION MEMORY;

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; NANOCRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84893437892     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405184j     Document Type: Article

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