УДК: 535.399

Investigation of the morphological features of silver nanoparticles in the near-surface layers of glass when they are synthesized by heat treatment in water vapor

Egorov, V.I., Nashchekin, A.V., Obraztsov, P.A., Sidorov, A.I., Brunkov, P.N.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Егоров В.И., Нащекин А.В., Образцов П.А., Сидоров А.И., Брунков П.Н. Исследование морфологических особенностей наночастиц серебра в приповерхностных слоях стекла при их синтезе методом термообработки в парах воды // Оптический журнал. 2013. Т. 80. № 3. С. 61–67.

Egorov V.I., Nashchekin A.V., Obraztsov P.A., Sidorov A.I., Brunkov P.N. Investigation of the morphological features of silver nanoparticles in the near-surface layers of glass when they are synthesized by heat treatment in water vapor [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2013. V. 80. № 3. P. 61–67.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. I. Egorov, A. I. Sidorov, A. V. Nashchekin, P. A. Obraztsov, and P. N. Brunkov, "Investigation of the morphological features of silver nanoparticles in the near-surface layers of glass when they are synthesized by heat treatment in water vapor," Journal of Optical Technology. 80(3), 174-178 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.80.000174

Abstract:

This paper presents the experimental results of synthesizing silver nanoparticles in the near-surface layers of glasses by heat treatment in water vapor. It is shown that the presence of a cracked layer on the glass surface has a substantial effect on the shape of the silver nanoparticles, and this manifests itself in the absorption spectra of the glasses. It is established that, when silver is introduced by thermal diffusion from a film, the silver nanoparticles have the shape of oblate ellipsoids in nanocracks and on the glass surface, whereas they acquire a spherical shape in the volume of the glass. It is shown that, when silver is introduced into glass by ion exchange and the glass is later heat-treated in water vapor, part of the silver emerges onto the glass surface, forming a structured film.

Keywords:

glass, silver, nanoparticle, plasmon resonance

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out with the support of Federal Special Program “Scientific and Scientific–Pedagogical Staffs of Innovation Russia” in 2009–2013 (Contract No. P412 on May 12, 2010, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation) and Federal Special Program “Research and Development on High-Priority Specializations of the Evolution of the Scientific–Technological Complex of Russia in 2007–2012” (Contract No. 16.552.11.7002 on April 29, 2011, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation), as well as the analytical departmental special program “Development of the Scientific Potential of Higher Education” (Projects No. RNP 2.1.1/10450 and No. RNP No. 2.1.1/10621, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation). The work was carried out using the equipment of the regional TsKP “Material Science and Diagnosis in Advanced Technologies.”

OCIS codes: 160.2750; 160. 4236

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