Nonlinear optical investigations in nine-atom silver quantum clusters and graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 16314-16320

  Sridharan, Kishore ^a   Sreekanth, P ^b   Park, Tae Joo ^a   Philip, Reji ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CHEMICAL STABILITY; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; LIMITING EFFICIENCIES; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; OPTICAL LIMITING APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL LIMITING PROPERTIES; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SHEET-LIKE STRUCTURE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84937147322     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02372     Document Type: Article

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