Laser-Generated Bimetallic Ag-Au and Ag-Cu Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Refractive Index Sensing

Plasmonics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 681-690

  Navas, M P ^a   Soni, R K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Bimetallic core shell nanoparticles; Plasmon hybridization; Pulsed laser ablation in liquid; Refractive index sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939937888     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-014-9854-5     Document Type: Article

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