Atom beam sputtered Ag-TiO 2 plasmonic nanocomposite thin films for photocatalytic applications

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 411, Issue , 2017, Pages 347-354

  Singh, Jaspal ^a   Sahu, Kavita ^a   Pandey, A ^b   Kumar, Mohit ^c   Ghosh, Tapas ^d   Satpati, B ^d   Som, T ^c   Varma, S ^c   Avasthi, D K ^e   Mohapatra, Satyabrata ^a  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DRDO   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

^d SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^e AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ag TiO 2; Methylene blue; Nanocomposite thin films; Photocatalysis; Sputtering

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SPUTTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AG-TIO2; CO-SPUTTERING TECHNIQUES; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 85016410913     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.03.152     Document Type: Article

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