Reduced ensemble plasmon line widths and enhanced two-photon luminescence in anodically formed high surface area Au-TiO2 3D nanocomposites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 740-749

  Farsinezhad, Samira ^a   Banerjee, Shyama Prasad ^a   Rajeeva, Bharath Bangalore ^a   Wiltshire, Benjamin D ^a   Sharma, Himani ^a   Sura, Anton ^a   Mohammadpour, Arash ^a   Kar, Piyush ^a   Fedosejevs, Robert ^a   Shankar, Karthik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrochemical anodization; Heterogeneous catalysis; Internal electric fields; Nonlinear optical media; Solar fuels; Titania nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTONS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MEDIA; SOLAR FUELS; TITANIA NANOTUBES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 85016295296     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b13164     Document Type: Article

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