Surface plasmon enhanced photoluminescence of ZnO nanorods by capping reduced graphene oxide sheets

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 11436-11445

  Han, Feng ^a   Yang, Shuming ^a   Jing, Weixuan ^a   Jiang, Kyle ^b   Jiang, Zhuangde ^a   Liu, Huan ^a   Li, Lei ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMONS; ZINC OXIDE;

DEFECT EMISSION; HYBRID STRUCTURE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); REDUCTION DEGREE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84901269359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.011436     Document Type: Article

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