Comparison of nanosecond and femtosecond pulsed laser deposition of silver nanoparticle films

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 26, 2014, Pages

  Mirza, I ^a   O'Connell, G ^a   Wang, J J ^a   Lunney, J G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

laser ablation; nanoparticle Ag films; pulsed laser deposition; surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LASER ABLATION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ABLATION PLUMES; AG FILMS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; EQUIVALENT THICKNESS; FEMTOSECOND PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION; LANGMUIR ION PROBE; SURFACE COVERAGES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

SILVER;

EID: 84902477571     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/26/265301     Document Type: Article

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