Annealing-induced metallic core–shell clusterization in soda-lime glass: an optical absorption study—experiment and theory

Composites formed by metal nanoclusters embedded in glass matrices exhibit peculiar striking optical properties that have made them famous since the millennia. Syntheses of these composite glasses are done in many ways like binary ion-exchange followed by suitable treatments like furnace or laser an...

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Published in:Physica. B, Condensed matter Condensed matter, 2003-09, Vol.337 (1), p.64-68
Main Authors: Manikandan, D., Mohan, S., Nair, K.G.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annealing
Clusters, nanoparticles, and nanocrystalline materials
Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties
Core–shell nanoclusters
Disordered solids
Exact sciences and technology
Ion exchange
Nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals
Optical absorption
Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation
Physics
Soda-lime glass
Structure of solids and liquids
crystallography
Theory
Visible and ultraviolet spectra
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Summary:Composites formed by metal nanoclusters embedded in glass matrices exhibit peculiar striking optical properties that have made them famous since the millennia. Syntheses of these composite glasses are done in many ways like binary ion-exchange followed by suitable treatments like furnace or laser annealing, ion irradiation and by direct implantation of metal of interest into the host matrix. Optical absorption spectroscopy has been widely used on these dielectric composites containing small metal particles. The location, width of the surface plasmon resonance, and amplitude obtained from optical absorption spectroscopy give information on the nanocluster species, their size and size distribution. By a novel route we have formed multi-component metal nanocluster composite glasses by sequential CuAg and AgCu ion-exchange. Annealing of the sequentially ion-exchanged samples resulted in the formation of core–shell structures between the two metal species which was observed well from the optical absorption spectra. Theoretically calculated optical absorption spectra showed good agreement with the experiment confirming the presence of core–shell nanoclusters inside the dielectric matrix.
ISSN:0921-4526
1873-2135
DOI:10.1016/S0921-4526(03)00325-9