Metal-Semiconductor Hybrid Aerogels: Evolution of Optoelectronic Properties in a Low-Dimensional CdSe/Ag Nanoparticle Assembly

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 9810-9821

  Nahar, Lamia ^a   Esteves, Richard J Alan ^a   Hafiz, Shopan ^b   Özgür, Ümit ^b   Arachchige, Indika U ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

bandgap; metal semiconductor hybrids; nanoparticle assembly; photoluminescence; sol gel synthesis

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ENERGY GAP; HYBRID SYSTEMS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILVER; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; METAL SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SOL - GEL SYNTHESIS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84946097581     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02777     Document Type: Article

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