Understanding the growth mechanisms of Ag nanoparticles controlled by plasmon-induced charge transfers in Ag-TiO2 films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9496-9505

  Liu, Zeming ^a   Destouches, Nathalie ^a   Vitrant, Guy ^b   Lefkir, Yaya ^a   Epicier, Thierry ^c   Vocanson, Francis ^a   Bakhti, Saïd ^a   Fang, Yigang ^d   Bandyopadhyay, Biswajit ^d   Ahmed, Musahid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b IMEP LAHC   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LASER EXCITATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; COUPLED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTRINSIC PARAMETERS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MESOPOROUS THIN FILMS; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL MECHANISMS;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84928789397     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01350     Document Type: Article

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