Plasmonic Conglobation of Ultrathin Ag Nanofilms Far below Their Melting Points by Infrared Illumination
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Dai, H.; Zhao, J.; Huang, T.; Yu, X.; Sun, J.; Fang, H.; Zhu, Z.; Zhang, M.; Yu, K. Plasmonic Conglobation of Ultrathin Ag Nanofilms Far below Their Melting Points by Infrared Illumination. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 897. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8060897
Dai H, Zhao J, Huang T, Yu X, Sun J, Fang H, Zhu Z, Zhang M, Yu K. Plasmonic Conglobation of Ultrathin Ag Nanofilms Far below Their Melting Points by Infrared Illumination. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(6):897. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8060897
Chicago/Turabian StyleDai, Han, Junfeng Zhao, Tongjian Huang, Xinxiang Yu, Jie Sun, Hongjie Fang, Zhenfeng Zhu, Mingfu Zhang, and Kun Yu. 2018. "Plasmonic Conglobation of Ultrathin Ag Nanofilms Far below Their Melting Points by Infrared Illumination" Applied Sciences 8, no. 6: 897. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8060897