Enhanced Photoluminescence in Gold Nanoparticles Doped Homogeneous Planar Nematic Liquid Crystals

Figure 3

The photoluminescence spectra of GNPs doped homogeneous planar NLCs, where the concentrations of GNPs are (a) 0, 510⁹, 910⁹, and 1.310¹⁰ particles/ml, respectively, and (b) 1.310¹⁰, 1.810¹⁰, and 2.510¹⁰ particles/ml, respectively, and the gold nanoparticle size is 13 nm in diameter.

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