Study of anomalous infrared properties of nanomaterials through effective medium theory
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)
- Soft Condensed Matter Laboratory, Department of Physics and ITPA, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)
Effective medium theory is introduced into a three-layer model to study the anomalous IR properties of nanostructured Pt films. A composite system is set up for the nanostructured film together with adsorbates and water around it. The anomalous IR spectral features, which exhibit a transition from enhanced (or normal) IR absorption to Fano-type bipolar line shape and, finally, to enhanced anomalous IR absorption (the abnormal infrared effects) along with the change in structure and size of nanomaterials, as observed through experiments for CO molecule adsorption, are elucidated by an increase in the volume fraction of metal in the composite system and the effective thickness of the composite system. The theoretical simulation results illustrate that the spectral line shape of IR absorption depends strongly on the volume fraction of metal, while the intensity of the IR band is directly proportional to the effective thickness. This study has revealed, through a physical optical aspect of interaction of CO molecules with nanostructured metal films, one of the possible origins of anomalous IR properties and has shed light on interpreting the peculiar properties of nanomaterials.
- OSTI ID:
- 21106211
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 129, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2953441; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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