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Formation of sub-surface silver nanoparticles in silver-doped sodium–lead–germanate glass

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The formation of silver nanoparticles in 60GeO2–20PbO–20Na2O bulk glass doped with 0.15 wt% of Ag has been studied by optical methods in the near ultraviolet-to-near infrared and mid-infrared ranges. A clear optical absorption band, which grows when increasing the annealing temperature, is observed around 460 nm, as a consequence of the surface plasmon resonance in the Ag nanoparticles. From the simultaneous analysis of optical transmittance and spectroscopic ellipsometry spectra in the near ultraviolet-to-near infrared range, it is demonstrated that the nanoparticles are surprisingly formed only in a thin layer (some tens of nm thick) underneath the sample surfaces. The potential of such a simultaneous optical analysis for determining the localization of the nanoparticles in glasses of any nature is underlined. Based on the results of a complementary mid-infrared spectroscopy characterization, the processes involved in silver migration to the surfaces and further aggregation to form nanoparticles are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Spanish Government under MAT 2009-14369-C02-02 and MAT 2009-14282-C02-01 Projects. J. T. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Government under Grant No. JCI2009-05098, and Y. R.-L. acknowledges financial support from CSIC, JAE-Doc Program. The authors are also very grateful to Mr. E. López and Dr. S. Sánchez-Cortés (Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC) for running and discussing the Raman measurements.

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Fernández Navarro, J.M., Toudert, J., Rodríguez-Lazcano, Y. et al. Formation of sub-surface silver nanoparticles in silver-doped sodium–lead–germanate glass. Appl. Phys. B 113, 205–213 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5458-6

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