Polymer distributed bragg reflectors for vapor sensing

ACS Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 537-543

  Lova, Paola ^a,b   Manfredi, Giovanni ^a   Boarino, Luca ^d   Comite, Antonio ^a   Laus, Michele ^e   Patrini, Maddalena ^f   Marabelli, Franco ^f   Soci, Cesare ^c   Comoretto, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

1D photonic crystals; optical nanocomposites; photonic crystal sensors; polymer DBR; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; GAS PERMEABILITY; MULTILAYERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLYSTYRENES; REFLECTION; ZINC OXIDE;

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; DBR; OPTICAL NANOCOMPOSITE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SENSORS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS;

EID: 84927723768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph500461w     Document Type: Article

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