@inproceedings{8de6aca09f4549059929c041ac475e10,
title = "Optical switching of porous anodic aluminum oxide films embedded with silver nanoparticles",
abstract = "Dielectric films embedded with two-dimensional (2-D) arrays of metal nanoparticles have been fabricated by electro deposition of silver into nanopores of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) films. Their pore diameter and inter-pore spacing are 80 nm and 20 nm, respectively. With its photoconductivity, the specimen has a higher conductance when being illuminated by a 514 nm wavelength laser. This photoconductivity can be explained by improved electron transport due to plasmonic coupling among neighboring silver nanoparticles induced by light illumination. The 2-D photoconductivity is expected to enable applications which are not suitable for one-dimensional photoconductivity induced by plasmonic coupling of nanoparticles embedded in nanowires. The 2-D photoconductivity of metal-nanoparticle-embedded dielectric films are expected to facilitate optoelectronic integrated circuits in the future.",
author = "Lau, {Ben Chao} and Liu, {Chih Yi} and Lin, {Hsing Ying} and Huang, {Chen Han} and Huang, {Cheng Wen} and Chui, {Hsiang Chen} and Yonhua Tzeng",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1109/NANO.2010.5697752",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424470334",
series = "2010 10th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2010",
pages = "281--284",
booktitle = "2010 10th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2010",
note = "2010 10th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2010 ; Conference date: 17-08-2010 Through 20-08-2010",
}