Thermal transport in kinked nanowires through simulation

• Alexander N. Robillard,
• Graham W. Gibson and
• Ralf Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 586–602, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.49

• specularity and its wavelength dependence have been suggested [38][41][42] and may be interesting for an expansion of this work. Figure 9 shows colour maps for the normalized flux for 45° kinked wires as solved using PMC (with varying degrees of specularity) and Fourier equation solutions. Colour scale

Structural and optical characteristics determined by the sputtering deposition conditions of oxide thin films

• Petronela Prepelita,
• Florin Garoi and
• Valentin Craciun

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 354–365, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.29

• the optical constants of the oxide films in the spectral range of 190–2500 nm. The wavelength dependence of the transmission coefficient is depicted for the set of SiO2 and ZnO samples with different thickness values. The presence of maxima and minima in the transmission spectra of SiO2 and ZnO thin

Plasmonic nanosensor based on multiple independently tunable Fano resonances

• Lin Cheng,
• Zelong Wang,
• Xiaodong He and
• Pengfei Cao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2527–2537, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.243

• the red solid line, where a new Fano resonance peak emerges at 1854 nm, denoted as peak5 due to the inserted cavity3. There is a slight deviation, which is mainly because of the interference of adjacent modes and the neglect of the wavelength dependence of φr [26][27]. Moreover, Figure 3b shows the

Controlling surface morphology and sensitivity of granular and porous silver films for surface-enhanced Raman scattering, SERS

• Sherif Okeil and
• Jörg J. Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2813–2831, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.263

• films the oxidation/reduction plasma treatment is more efficient than a single plasma treatment in the formation of efficient SERS substrates. In order to scrutinize the wavelength-dependence of different SERS substrates a comparison of SERS substrates produced by oxidation through air plasma and

Performance analysis of rigorous coupled-wave analysis and its integration in a coupled modeling approach for optical simulation of complete heterojunction silicon solar cells

• Ziga Lokar,
• Benjamin Lipovsek,
• Marko Topic and
• Janez Krc

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2315–2329, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.216

• was not taken as a reference for the accuracy study. Its purpose is to additionally validate the wavelength dependence of the reflectance obtained by RCWA. Furthermore, we analyze the effects of the number of sublayers used in the RCWA simulation. The results in Figure 5a,c suggest that for good

Refractive index sensing and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy using silver–gold layered bimetallic plasmonic crystals

• Somi Kang,
• Sean E. Lehman,
• Matthew V. Schulmerich,
• An-Phong Le,
• Tae-woo Lee,
• Stephen K. Gray,
• Rohit Bhargava and
• Ralph G. Nuzzo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2492–2503, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.249

• spectra collected in each PEG solution and a spectrum recorded in pure water. These values were integrated to account for wavelength dependence of both negative and positive changes in spectroscopic intensity using Equation 1, a value having units of Δ%T·nm. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS

Surface improvement of organic photoresists using a near-field-dependent etching method

• Felix J. Brandenburg,
• Tomohiro Okamoto,
• Hiroshi Saito,
• Benjamin Leuschel,
• Olivier Soppera and
• Takashi Yatsui

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 784–788, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.81

• improvement; wavelength dependence; Introduction As the structures fabricated in the field of semiconductors has reached below 10 nm [1], and the pursuit of ever smaller node sizes continues, the impact of the surface roughness (SR) becomes increasingly critical [2]. In attempts to downscale the minimum

• was prepared using interference lithography. Specifically, the chemically amplified resist (EPIC 2096 ArF Photoresist) with an absorption edge of 310 nm was used. To observe the wavelength dependence, the continuous-wave (CW) laser sources used in these experiments were: (1) He–Cd laser (325 nm; 3.81

• , could be critical for the development of future nanoscale devices. Furthermore, the results indicate that there is a wavelength dependence of near-field etching, and it would be interesting to further investigate this dependence by examining a wider range of etching wavelengths. AFM images of the

Electromagnetic enhancement of ordered silver nanorod arrays evaluated by discrete dipole approximation

• Guoke Wei,
• Jinliang Wang and
• Yu Chen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 686–696, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.69

• were investigated except in the sections of structure dependence and excitation-wavelength dependence. Results and Discussion Extinction for isolated nanorods and nanorod arrays Typically, metal nanoparticle with anisotropic structure shows multiple plasmon resonances associated with different modes

• behavior at low ARs in the cases of 632.8 and 785 nm excitations. Notably, the array with AR = 2.0 excited by 532 nm exhibits the most intense EFsum despite of its relative small surface area, as shown in Figure 6b. In order to understand the wavelength dependence of the EM enhancement, the extinction and

Donor–acceptor graphene-based hybrid materials facilitating photo-induced electron-transfer reactions

• Anastasios Stergiou,
• Georgia Pagona and
• Nikos Tagmatarchis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1580–1589, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.170

• /SnO2/graphene-based hybrid material) is deposited within a short period of time. The photocurrent action spectrum of the OTE/SnO2/graphene-based hybrid material electrode is evaluated by examining the wavelength dependence of the incident-photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE). The IPCE values

Enhancement of photocatalytic H₂ evolution of eosin Y-sensitized reduced graphene oxide through a simple photoreaction

• Weiying Zhang,
• Yuexiang Li,
• Shaoqin Peng and
• Xiang Cai

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 801–811, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.92

• wavelength dependence of the photocatalytic H2 evolution of EY-RGO24/Pt was investigated. Figure 8 displays the AQY for EY-RGO24/Pt as a function of the incident light wavelength. AQY increases with increasing wavelength, the highest AQY is 23.4% at 520 nm, and then it decreases. This corresponds with the

Variations in the structure and reactivity of thioester functionalized self-assembled monolayers and their use for controlled surface modification

• Inbal Aped,
• Yacov Mazuz and
• Chaim N. Sukenik

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 213–220, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.24

• ° to a fully wetted surface), oxidation in aqueous OXONE is most effective. Beyond the impact of changing the chain length on the chemistry described above, we have also established a clear wavelength dependence on the photo-oxidation of the thioesters. The reactions of the benzene and thiophene

• , which is typical of conjugated carbonyl groups. We also note the wavelength dependence of the photochemistry reported herein. The longer wavelength absorption of the conjugated chromophore is clearly a first step towards a system that could be photoreacted with longer wavelength light. This would