Facet selective etching of Au microcrystallites

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2925-2934

  Mettela, Gangaiah ^a   Kulkarni, Giridhar U ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

capping; facet selective etching; gold; microcrystallites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941740048     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0797-8     Document Type: Article

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