Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

The role of glass structure in the formation of implanted gold nanoclusters for enhanced nonlinear optical properties

Book ·
OSTI ID:477410
 [1];  [2]; ;  [3];
  1. Consultants International, Tijeras, NM (United States)
  2. Unita INFM, Venezia (Italy). Dipt. di Chimica Fisica
  3. Unita INFM, Padova (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica (Italy)

Various silicate glasses were implanted with 8 {times} 10{sup 15} 285 keV Au/cm{sup 2}. Colloid growth was monitored as a function of annealing and N implantation (2 {times} 10{sup 17} 35 keV N/cm{sup 2}). Annealing to 1,040 C for fused silica and to 600 C for the other glasses resulted in Au aggregation and optical absorption. Radiation damage removal is associated with the fused silica annealing; the aggregation of Au at lower temperatures for the other glasses is expected because of the lower glass transition temperature. Phase-separation in the alkali-borosilicates may be important because of grain-boundary diffusion. N implantation did not significantly affect nanocluster growth.

OSTI ID:
477410
Report Number(s):
CONF-951155--; ISBN 1-55899-299-5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Colloid formation in copper-implanted fused silica and silicate glasses
Conference · Thu Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1993 · OSTI ID:10111388

Ion implantation in glasses: Mechanical modifications
Conference · Mon Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1991 · OSTI ID:10115539

Ion implantation in glasses: Mechanical modifications
Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · OSTI ID:5979236