Growth of silver nanoparticles of variable and controlled diameter in silica-based and soda-lime glasses by simultaneous continuous ultraviolet irradiation and heat treatment

Journal Article · Mon May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3132584· OSTI ID:21294065

Goutaland, F; Marin, E; Michalon, J Y; Boukenter, A ^[1]

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1. Universite de Lyon, F-42023 Saint-Etienne (France) and CNRS, UMR 5516, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, F-42000 Saint-Etienne, France

We report on the space-selective precipitation of silver nanoparticles in silica-based and silver-exchanged soda-lime glasses by simultaneous continuous wave ultraviolet exposure and heat treatment. In silica-based glasses, we explain that simultaneous treatments lead to much higher silver nanoparticles concentration than similar treatments performed into two separated steps by minimizing the detrimental influence of oxidation on the nanoparticles' growth. In the case of silver-exchanged soda-lime glasses, nanoparticles are observed with both small and larger diameters of about 1 and 7 nm, whose concentrations depend both on the laser power density and on the heating temperature.

• OSTI ID: 21294065
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 94, Issue 18; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3132584; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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