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Silver-sensitized erbium-doped ion-exchanged sol–gel waveguides
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Optical CO gas sensing using nanostructured NiO and NiO/SiO2 nanocomposites fabricated by PLD and sol–gel methods
Several kinds of NiO-based nanostructured films were prepared by pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) and sol–gel method, and CO sensing properties (1%, balanced by N2) of these films were studied. The sensitivity, defi...
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Optical extinction resonance of Au and Ag clusters formed by ion irradiation in SiO2 and Al2O3
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