Surface plasmon excitation in semitransparent inverted polymer photovoltaic devices and their applications as label-free optical sensors

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Park, Byoungchoo ^a   Yun, Soo Hong ^a   Cho, Chan Youn ^a   Kim, Young Chan ^a   Shin, Jung Chul ^a   Jeon, Hong Goo ^a   Huh, Yoon Ho ^a   Hwang, Inchan ^a   Baik, Ku Youn ^a   Lee, Young In ^a   Uhm, Han Sup ^a   Cho, Guang Sup ^a   Choi, Eun Ha ^a  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

attenuated total reflection; optical sensors; photocurrent generation; polymer photovoltaic devices; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PROTEINS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTIONS; BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MULTILAYERED MATERIALS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION EDGE; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATION;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 84923354686     PISSN: 20955545     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2014.103     Document Type: Article

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