Au-Ag-Cu nano-alloys: Tailoring of permittivity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hashimoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Seniutinas, Gediminas ^b,c   Balcytis, Armandas ^b,d   Juodkazis, Saulius ^b,c,e   Nishijima, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

^d CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84964873065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep25010     Document Type: Article

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