Functionally graded poly(dimethylsiloxane)/silver nanocomposites with tailored broadband optical absorption

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 581, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-19

  Nikolaou, P ^a   Mina, C ^a   Constantinou, M ^a   Koutsokeras, L E ^a   Constantinides, G ^a   Lidorikis, E ^b   Avgeropoulos, A ^b   Kelires, P C ^a   Patsalas, P ^c  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; PDMS; Plasmonics; Silver; Solar absorption

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROCHANNELS; MULTILAYERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PLASMONS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PDMS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; PLASMONICS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SOLAR ABSORPTION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

SILVER;

EID: 84926144114     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.11.063     Document Type: Article

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