Strong Modulations of Optical Reflectance in Tapered Core–Shell Nanowires
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Average Length (nm) | Average Outer Diameter (nm) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | Base | Center | Tip |
A1 | 1535 | 48 | 52 | 41 |
B1 | 1274 | 117 | 119 | 110 |
A2 | 858 | 55 | 54 | 48 |
B2 | 1421 | 117 | 143 | 161 |
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Floris, F.; Fornasari, L.; Bellani, V.; Marini, A.; Banfi, F.; Marabelli, F.; Beltram, F.; Ercolani, D.; Battiato, S.; Sorba, L.; et al. Strong Modulations of Optical Reflectance in Tapered Core–Shell Nanowires. Materials 2019, 12, 3572. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12213572
Floris F, Fornasari L, Bellani V, Marini A, Banfi F, Marabelli F, Beltram F, Ercolani D, Battiato S, Sorba L, et al. Strong Modulations of Optical Reflectance in Tapered Core–Shell Nanowires. Materials. 2019; 12(21):3572. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12213572
Chicago/Turabian StyleFloris, Francesco, Lucia Fornasari, Vittorio Bellani, Andrea Marini, Francesco Banfi, Franco Marabelli, Fabio Beltram, Daniele Ercolani, Sergio Battiato, Lucia Sorba, and et al. 2019. "Strong Modulations of Optical Reflectance in Tapered Core–Shell Nanowires" Materials 12, no. 21: 3572. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12213572