Controlling Plasmon-Induced Resonance Energy Transfer and Hot Electron Injection Processes in Metal@TiO2 Core-Shell Nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 16239-16244

  Cushing, Scott K ^a   Li, Jiangtian ^a   Bright, Joeseph ^b   Yost, Brandon T ^a   Zheng, Peng ^b   Bristow, Alan D ^a   Wu, Nianqiang ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HOT ELECTRONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICA; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HOT ELECTRON TRANSFER; INDUCED CHARGES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHYSICAL CONTACTS; SIO2 BARRIERS; SPECTRAL OVERLAP; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84937136676     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03955     Document Type: Article

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