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Study of the correlation between sensing performance and surface morphology of inkjet-printed aqueous graphene-based chemiresistors for NO2 detection

  • F. Villani,
  • C. Schiattarella,
  • T. Polichetti,
  • R. Di Capua,
  • F. Loffredo,
  • B. Alfano,
  • M. L. Miglietta,
  • E. Massera,
  • L. Verdoliva and
  • G. Di Francia

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1023–1031, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.103

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  • account the filter mass. UV–vis (200–850 nm) transmittance spectra of a diluted set of this dispersion have been performed by means of a Shimadzu UV-1800 UV–vis spectrophotometer. In all cases, UV–vis absorbance spectra have been measured that appeared flat and featureless [5]. The absorption coefficient
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Published 09 May 2017

Nanoantenna-assisted plasmonic enhancement of IR absorption of vibrational modes of organic molecules

  • Alexander G. Milekhin,
  • Olga Cherkasova,
  • Sergei A. Kuznetsov,
  • Ilya A. Milekhin,
  • Ekatherina E. Rodyakina,
  • Alexander V. Latyshev,
  • Sreetama Banerjee,
  • Georgeta Salvan and
  • Dietrich R. T. Zahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 975–981, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.99

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  • , corresponding to only 145 molecules per antenna [20]. A similar approach is used for the terahertz (or far-IR) spectral range for which special nanoscale slot-antenna arrays were designed to determine glucose and fructose in solutions, including market beverages [21]. Terahertz transmittance measurements were
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Published 03 May 2017

Synthesis of graphene–transition metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles and their application in various fields

  • Arpita Jana,
  • Elke Scheer and
  • Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 688–714, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.74

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  • excellent thermal (≈5000 W·m−1·K−1) [6] and electrical conductivity (up to 6000 S·cm−1) [7] and high theoretical specific surface area (2630 m2·g−1) [8]. Graphene is highly optically transparent (transmittance ≈97.7%) with absorption of <2.3% for visible light [9] and negligible reflectance (<0.1
  • comparable sheet resistances and optical transmittance. A few drawbacks of Cu NW films, such as low oxidation resistance or weak adhesion to the substrate, can be compensated for by the addition of graphene. The resulting hybrid films have improved electrical conductivity as they provide 2D pathways for
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Published 24 Mar 2017

Study of the surface properties of ZnO nanocolumns used for thin-film solar cells

  • Neda Neykova,
  • Jiri Stuchlik,
  • Karel Hruska,
  • Ales Poruba,
  • Zdenek Remes and
  • Ognen Pop-Georgievski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 446–451, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.48

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  • deflection spectroscopy (PDS), a technique for measuring weak optical absorption in thin films [14][28]. Unlike optical transmittance spectroscopy, PDS detects directly the amount of the absorbed light by measuring the heat generated by the optical absorption with the optical absorptance sensitivity down to
  • influence of the optical scattering, which is important in the case of ZnO nanocolumns for which the transmittance spectra are significantly deteriorated by optical scattering. Cross-sectional (a) and top (b) view of densely packed ZnO NCs grown at 90 °C for 180 min (scale bar: 500 nm). High-resolution core
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Published 16 Feb 2017

Fabrication of black-gold coatings by glancing angle deposition with sputtering

  • Alan Vitrey,
  • Rafael Alvarez,
  • Alberto Palmero,
  • María Ujué González and
  • José Miguel García-Martín

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 434–439, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.46

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  • transmittance measurements have been performed using unpolarized light with almost normal incidence in the VIS–nIR range and an Andor Shamrock spectrometer. Results and Discussion Figure 2a shows a photograph of two samples prepared onto Si(001) substrates with 1 cm2 area: the one on the left was prepared with
  • , whereas the nanostructured sample shows a much darker color. Their optical spectra are shown in Figure 5b. The transmittance (T) and the reflectance (R) have been measured directly, whereas the absorption (A) has been deduced taken into account that T + R + A = 1 (strictly speaking, in the nanostructured
  • nanostructured Au sample prepared with σ = 85° (right). (b) Transmittance, reflectance and absorption spectra of those samples. Acknowledgements The authors thank MINECO (Projects MAT2014-59772-C2-1, MAT2015-69035-REDC) for financial support.
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Published 14 Feb 2017

Optical and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 nanoplumes

  • Viviana Scuderi,
  • Massimo Zimbone,
  • Maria Miritello,
  • Giuseppe Nicotra,
  • Giuliana Impellizzeri and
  • Vittorio Privitera

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 190–195, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.20

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  • , and as a consequence could favor the photocatalytic activity. In order to gain more insight into the realized structure, we performed transmittance (T) and reflectance (R) measurements in the range of 200–800 nm. The optical spectra are reported in Figure 4. The transmittance spectra (Figure 4a) show
  • that the transmitted light by the samples is closely related to the thickness of the residual Ti layer and, consequently, to the etching time. In fact, for a fixed Ti starting thickness we observed a more efficient transmittance after longer etching times (compare the dashed-dotted with the dotted line
  • constant, and the low-frequency dielectric constant tabulated for titanium. The refractive index of titanium is calculated by the square root of Equation 1 [26]: The refractive index of the TiO2 film was extracted by fitting both the reflectance and transmittance spectra of the Ti (430-190) sample, by
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Published 18 Jan 2017

Nitrogen-doped twisted graphene grown on copper by atmospheric pressure CVD from a decane precursor

  • Ivan V. Komissarov,
  • Nikolai G. Kovalchuk,
  • Vladimir A. Labunov,
  • Ksenia V. Girel,
  • Olga V. Korolik,
  • Mikhail S. Tivanov,
  • Algirdas Lazauskas,
  • Mindaugas Andrulevičius,
  • Tomas Tamulevičius,
  • Viktoras Grigaliūnas,
  • Šarunas Meškinis,
  • Sigitas Tamulevičius and
  • Serghej L. Prischepa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 145–158, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.15

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  • procedure was applied. Finally, the transmittance was measured using the PROSCAN MC-121 spectrometer. Results The optical images of samples A and B on copper foil are shown in Figure 1a and Figure 1b, respectively. The surface of sample A contains randomly distributed hexagonally shaped spots (brighter
  • (≈50%), which helps to evaluate and compare the structural properties of SLG and TG. However, for other sets of data, the fraction of double layer TG dominates. We also proved homogeneity directly by the light transmittance measurement of samples transferred on a glass substrate. The diameter of probed
  • area was ≈0.5 cm. In Figure 12 we show the transmittance for sample B recorded in the 400–800 nm range. It follows that the transmittance at 550 nm is 94%. This value corresponds to a number of graphene layers between 2 (95.5%) and 3 (93.3%) [26]. It is worth mentioning that the twisted nature of
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Published 16 Jan 2017

Effective intercalation of zein into Na-montmorillonite: role of the protein components and use of the developed biointerfaces

  • Ana C. S. Alcântara,
  • Margarita Darder,
  • Pilar Aranda and
  • Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1772–1782, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.170

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  • biopolymer films were prepared by casting methods (Figure 7). For this it is necessary to add a certain amount of glycerol as plasticizer component in the blank films to reduce their high brittleness. The light transmittance of zein bionanocomposites was higher for films containing Z-MMT_S2, but in the
  • shift values were referenced to tetramethylsilane. The qualitative analysis of protein fractions (λ = 250–600 nm) and the UV–vis transmittance (λ = 200–800 nm) of bionanocomposite films (rectangular shape, 2 cm × 4 cm) were determined using a Shimadzu UV-1201 spectrophotometer. Surface morphology was
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Published 18 Nov 2016

Surface-enhanced infrared absorption studies towards a new optical biosensor

  • Lothar Leidner,
  • Julia Stäb,
  • Jennifer T. Adam and
  • Günter Gauglitz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1736–1742, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.166

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  • nanoparticles deposit onto the polymer causing backscattering. There is nonzero transmittance from medium 1 (polymer film) to medium 2 (water). The transmitted light absorbs, interacts with the nanoparticles and is partially backscattered. As there is a wavelength dependent absorption, there is also a
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Published 16 Nov 2016

Role of RGO support and irradiation source on the photocatalytic activity of CdS–ZnO semiconductor nanostructures

  • Suneel Kumar,
  • Rahul Sharma,
  • Vipul Sharma,
  • Gurunarayanan Harith,
  • Vaidyanathan Sivakumar and
  • Venkata Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1684–1697, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.161

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  • conductivity (5000 W·m−1·K−1) [30]. Its optical transmittance is about 97.7% and possesses superior electron mobility (200000 cm2·V−1·s−1), which makes it an ideal material for photocatalyst support [31]. Several semiconductor nanocomposites supported on graphene have been used as photocatalysts for the
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Published 11 Nov 2016

Sb2S3 grown by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis and its application in a hybrid solar cell

  • Erki Kärber,
  • Atanas Katerski,
  • Ilona Oja Acik,
  • Arvo Mere,
  • Valdek Mikli and
  • Malle Krunks

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1662–1673, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.158

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  • laterally and in height, the approximate sizes of the flakes are presented in the caption of Figure 2. The resulting increase of the overall coverage density is in correspondence with the decrease of the optical transmittance (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S3). For the calculation of the absorption
  • of ca. 105 cm−1 in a wide region of optical photon energies, and the high growth rate of 0.07 nm·s−1 as evaluated by using optical transmittance spectroscopy, we can conclude that Sb2S3 grown by ultrasonic CSP can be considered as a candidate for the use as an absorber material in a solar cell based
  • transmittance of the glass/ITO/TiO2/Sb2S3 stack (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S3). The photocurrent edge at around 1.6 eV (775 nm) corresponds well to the absorption edge of the ITO/TiO2/Sb2S3 stack (Figure 5). The absorption by P3HT has an onset at 1.9 eV (650 nm) [3][8], and it can be seen that there
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Published 10 Nov 2016

The effect of dry shear aligning of nanotube thin films on the photovoltaic performance of carbon nanotube–silicon solar cells

  • Benedikt W. Stolz,
  • Daniel D. Tune and
  • Benjamin S. Flavel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1486–1491, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.141

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  • absorbance spectra were unchanged by DSA however, Figure 2b shows the variation in the degree of alignment of the nanotubes in the films after DSA, where the 2D order parameter is calculated from polarised optical transmittance measurements as in Equation 1 [44] and reveals that the degree of alignment
  • resistance, Rsheet, of the films was marginally increased after DSA, which is made clearer when considering the DC electrical to optical conductivity ratio, σOP/σDC (Figure 2d), calculated as per Equation 2 [45], which takes into account the sheet resistance and the (isotropic) transmittance and where μ0 and
  • trends are somewhat different; the relative difference in sheet resistance is lowest at the two ends of the transmittance range, and is greatest in the middle of the range, whereas the relative difference in the solar cell performance (as seen most clearly in the short circuit current density, Figure 3b
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Published 20 Oct 2016

Manufacturing and investigation of physical properties of polyacrylonitrile nanofibre composites with SiO2, TiO2 and Bi2O3 nanoparticles

  • Tomasz Tański,
  • Wiktor Matysiak and
  • Barbara Hajduk

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1141–1155, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.106

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  • approx. 2.6 and for Bi2O3 approx. 2.5 respectively. This suggests a much larger n of the composites produced with these nanoparticles compared to materials reinforced with SiO2. The dielectric transmittance as a function of the frequency of the incident radiation on the sample can be presented in the
  • following form [38]: where n is the concentration of the atoms in the sample, e and m are charge and mass of the electron, ε0 is the electrical transmittance of vacuum, γ is the damping coefficient, ω0 and ω are, respectively, the frequency of the electron and the electromagnetic radiation. The above
  • above equations show that the higher the refractive index the higher the dielectric transmittance. The designated values ε (Table 3) were provided for a wavelength of 1800 nm. They show, similar the refractive index, a stabilisation of the dielectric constant for both pure polymer fibres and fibres
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Photocurrent generation in carbon nanotube/cubic-phase HfO2 nanoparticle hybrid nanocomposites

  • Protima Rauwel,
  • Augustinas Galeckas,
  • Martin Salumaa,
  • Frédérique Ducroquet and
  • Erwan Rauwel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1075–1085, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.101

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  • several shells with different structure and typically higher defect concentration compared to single-walled CNTs. The optical absorption properties of the hybrid MWCNT:HfO2 nanocomposites deduced from the room temperature transmittance measurements of a colloidal suspension in ethanol are summarized in
  • of the zero-loss peak is 0.9 eV and the dispersion was set to 0.4 eV/channel. The absorption properties were derived from the transmittance measurements performed at room temperature using a UV–vis spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific, EVO-600). PL was investigated at a room temperature by employing
  • CNT. (a) Absorption spectrum of MWCNTs decorated with cubic HfO2 nanoparticles obtained from the transmittance measurements of colloidal suspension in ethanol (blue curve) against that of free-standing HfO2 nanoparticles from the diffuse reflectance measurements (red curve). (b) Tauc plots of the
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Published 26 Jul 2016

Synthesis and applications of carbon nanomaterials for energy generation and storage

  • Marco Notarianni,
  • Jinzhang Liu,
  • Kristy Vernon and
  • Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 149–196, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.17

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  • ][63], high Young’s modulus (≈1 TPa) with an intrinsic strength of 130 GPa [64][65], high thermal conductivity (over 3000 W m−1 K−1) [66] and excellent optical transmittance (≈97.7%) [67]. Additional graphene characteristics include: high theoretical specific surface area (2630 m2 g−1) [68
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Published 01 Feb 2016

Impact of ultrasonic dispersion on the photocatalytic activity of titania aggregates

  • Hoai Nga Le,
  • Frank Babick,
  • Klaus Kühn,
  • Minh Tan Nguyen,
  • Michael Stintz and
  • Gianaurelio Cuniberti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2423–2430, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.250

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  • Borofloat® 33 glass, which has a UVA transmittance >90%, as specified by the manufacturer. The illuminating device was constructed by UMEX GmbH with six Phillips 8 W mercury fluorescent tubes with a mode wavelength value of 365 nm. The UV intensity at the window of the reactor measured by an intensity meter
  • were varied and the ultrasonic power was altered by varying the amplitude (20–100%) and the immersion level of the sonotrodes (2.0–5.5 cm). The power was measured by a Voltcraf® Energy Logger 4000. Samples were periodically taken for size characterization and transmittance measurement. Color removal of
  • from the transmitted light measured with a Varian Cary 100 Bio UV–vis spectrometer [31]. The transmittance was investigated through 10 mm path length P25 suspensions with concentration in the range of 0.01–0.1 g/L and with the aggregate size varying from 234–343 nm. Note that for the second suspension
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Published 17 Dec 2015

Nitrogen-doped graphene films from chemical vapor deposition of pyridine: influence of process parameters on the electrical and optical properties

  • Andrea Capasso,
  • Theodoros Dikonimos,
  • Francesca Sarto,
  • Alessio Tamburrano,
  • Giovanni De Bellis,
  • Maria Sabrina Sarto,
  • Giuliana Faggio,
  • Angela Malara,
  • Giacomo Messina and
  • Nicola Lisi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2028–2038, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.206

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  • and gas flow) have on the morphology, transmittance, and electrical conductivity of the graphene films grown with pyridine. A temperature range between 930 and 1070 °C was explored and the results were compared to those of pristine graphene grown by ethanol-CVD under the same process conditions. The
  • films were characterized by atomic force microscopy, Raman and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. The optical transmittance and electrical conductivity of the films were measured to evaluate their performance as transparent conductive electrodes. Graphene films grown by pyridine reached an electrical
  • transparent conductive electrodes Sheet resistance and optical transmittance The graphene films were analyzed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate their morphology and evaluate their thickness (Figure 4). The films were found to uniformly adhere on the Si/SiO2 surface. Occasionally, some folded
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Published 14 Oct 2015

Can molecular projected density of states (PDOS) be systematically used in electronic conductance analysis?

  • Tonatiuh Rangel,
  • Gian-Marco Rignanese and
  • Valerio Olevano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1247–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.128

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  • molecular junction is modeled by a central region (C) connected to two semi-infinite leads (left (L) and right (R)). Its conductance as a function of the energy of the injected electrons, , is given by the Landauer formula: M(ε) is the number of modes at a given energy, ε, and T(ε) is their transmittance
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Published 02 Jun 2015

Improved optical limiting performance of laser-ablation-generated metal nanoparticles due to silica-microsphere-induced local field enhancement

  • Zheren Du,
  • Lianwei Chen,
  • Tsung-Sheng Kao,
  • Mengxue Wu and
  • Minghui Hong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1199–1204, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.122

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  • and in optical devices against high intensity light irradiation. A material exhibiting the optical limiting effect has a decreased optical transmittance with increasing incident light intensity. A good optical limiter should have high transparency at low light irradiance, while it efficiently
  • threshold is about 1.6 J/cm2. Hence, by adding the silica microspheres, the optical limiting threshold is lowered by 4.6 J/cm2. Figure 3b shows the normalized nonlinear transmittance of the samples (gold nanoparticles and gold/silica nanocomposites) upon excitation with ns laser pulses at 1064 nm. The input
  • laser fluence was varied from 0.3 to 10.6 J/cm2. As the input fluence is low, the transmission does not change much with input fluence. When the input fluence is further increased, the transmission of all samples starts to decrease. It is clear that the transmittance reduces much more rapidly for the
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Published 22 May 2015

Characterization of nanostructured ZnO thin films deposited through vacuum evaporation

  • Jose Alberto Alvarado,
  • Arturo Maldonado,
  • Héctor Juarez,
  • Mauricio Pacio and
  • Rene Perez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 971–975, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.100

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  • and this characteristic disappears as the annealing temperature increases. The films obtained were annealed from 25 to 1000 °C, showing a gradual increase in transmittance spectra up to 85%. The optical band gaps obtained for these films are about 3.22 eV. The PL measurement shows an emission in the
  • red and in the violet region and there is a correlation with the annealing process. Keywords: nanostructure; thin film; transmittance; vacuum evaporation; X-ray diffraction (XRD); Introduction ZnO is a II–VI semiconductor compound that has been studied due its wide range of applications in
  • of particles that do not have an ordering, and thus the grain boundaries from each nanoparticle are not activated. Therefore, the adherence to the substrate is poor, which is also seen in the transmittance results. Varying the duration for which the films are annealed results in a perceptible
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Morphology control of zinc oxide films via polysaccharide-mediated, low temperature, chemical bath deposition

  • Florian Waltz,
  • Hans-Christoph Schwarz,
  • Andreas M. Schneider,
  • Stefanie Eiden and
  • Peter Behrens

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 799–808, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.83

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  • thickness of about 630 nm. This also demonstrates that the films obtained in the first CBD strongly influence the further ZnO deposition. The transmittance of the films is not influenced by the addition of HYA. For films prepared with and without HYA addition, average transmittances of approximately 80
  • four different locations. UV–vis transmission measurements were performed on a Cary 5E spectrometer (Varian Inc., Palo Alto, USA) in order to determine the optical transparency of the ZnO films. To ensure that only the transmittance of the ZnO films was measured, the spectrum of a cleaned glass slide
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Published 24 Mar 2015

Graphene quantum interference photodetector

  • Mahbub Alam and
  • Paul L. Voss

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 726–735, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.74

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  • device structure that has attracted attention is the resonant tunneling diode, whose operation is based on quantum interference [10]. In graphene nanoribbons, a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) structure can be devised which gives the same transmittance pattern as that of a resonant tunneling diode for
  • structure as photodetector. In a MZI structure, an electron in the ground, transverse mode goes through the device with a transmittance of one (T = 1) due to constructive interference at energies corresponding to longitudinal resonant modes. At these resonant energies, the electrons have a high density of
  • transmittance, T, through the device can be calculated as The effect of light illumination is incorporated in the calculation by the the inclusion of the Σphoton term in the calculation of Green’s function as shown in Equation 1. The electron–photon interaction is calculated by the lowest order perturbation
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Published 12 Mar 2015

Structural, optical, opto-thermal and thermal properties of ZnS–PVA nanofluids synthesized through a radiolytic approach

  • Alireza Kharazmi,
  • Nastaran Faraji,
  • Roslina Mat Hussin,
  • Elias Saion,
  • W. Mahmood Mat Yunus and
  • Kasra Behzad

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 529–536, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.55

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  • be a good choice for preparing colloidal suspensions due to its significant advantageous such as processability and high transmittance [8]. Various physical and chemical routes have been used to synthesize these nanocomposites such as microwave irradiation [9], chemical synthesis [10], sputtering [11
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Published 23 Feb 2015

Synergic combination of the sol–gel method with dip coating for plasmonic devices

  • Cristiana Figus,
  • Maddalena Patrini,
  • Francesco Floris,
  • Lucia Fornasari,
  • Paola Pellacani,
  • Gerardo Marchesini,
  • Andrea Valsesia,
  • Flavia Artizzu,
  • Daniela Marongiu,
  • Michele Saba,
  • Franco Marabelli,
  • Andrea Mura,
  • Giovanni Bongiovanni and
  • Francesco Quochi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 500–507, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.52

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  • ) evaluated by SE. Furthermore, the simultaneous analysis of SE data and transmittance spectra in the vis–NIR region were used to obtain the optical characteristics (n and the extinction coefficient, k) and to confirm the optical quality of the silica layers [15]. In particular, the SE measurements also
  • μm wavelength range was used for the SE analysis, and an Agilent Cary 6000i spectrophotometer was used for normal-incidence reflectance and transmittance measurements in the 0.2–1.6 μm range. The SE, reflectance and transmittance spectra were analyzed using dedicated WVASE32® software. Angle-resolved
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Published 19 Feb 2015

Tunable light filtering by a Bragg mirror/heavily doped semiconducting nanocrystal composite

  • Ilka Kriegel and
  • Francesco Scotognella

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 193–200, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.18

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  • voltage to conducting films of metal oxide NCs [33]. In a recent study, the modulation of transmittance was electrochemically achieved in layers of transparent conducting NCs, such as ITO [34][35][36]. Moreover, plasmonic effects have been exploited for electrochromic applications for the direct
  • modulation of the transmittance of solar energy [34][35][36][37]. In this study, we propose a tunable filter based on photonic crystals (Bragg mirrors) coupled to heavily doped semiconductor NCs with plasmonic absorption properties. We report the modelling of a Bragg mirror coupled to a dispersion of
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Published 16 Jan 2015
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