Silver and gold nanoparticles in nanometric confined templates: Synthesis and alloying within the anisotropic pores of oblique angle deposited films

In this work we have developed an infiltration methodology to incorporate metal nanoparticles (NPs) of controlled size and shape into the open voids available in oblique angle deposited thin films. These NPs exhibited well-defined surface plasmon resonances (SPRs). The nanometric confined space prov...

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Autores: Parra-Barranco, J., Sánchez-Valencia, J. R., Barranco, Ángel, González-Elipe, Agustín R.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/161182
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/161182
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Laser annealing
Porous thin films
Oblique and Glancing Angle Deposition (OAD and GLAD)
Anisotropic metal nanoparticles
Nanotemplates,Surface Plasmon Resonance
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Sumario:In this work we have developed an infiltration methodology to incorporate metal nanoparticles (NPs) of controlled size and shape into the open voids available in oblique angle deposited thin films. These NPs exhibited well-defined surface plasmon resonances (SPRs). The nanometric confined space provided by their porous microstructure has been used as a template for the growth of anisotropic NPs with interesting SPR properties. The fabrication methodology has been applied for the preparation of films with embedded Ag and Au NPs with two associated plasmon resonance features that developed a dichroic behaviour when examined with linearly polarized light. A confined alloying process was induced by near IR nanosecond laser irradiation yielding bimetallic NPs with SPR features covering a large zone of the electromagnetic spectrum. The possibilities of the method for the tailored fabrication of a wide range colour palette based on SPR features are highlighted.