Optical spectroscopy of silver ion-exchanged As-doped glass

Soda-lime-silicate glass containing arsenic oxide and undoped soda-lime-silicate glass (blank) are prepared by melting from pure sand (iron concentration lower than 0.01 wt%). The effect of arsenic on the optical properties of the glass with and without silver ion exchange at 325 °C for various time...

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Autores: Paje, Santiago E., García, Miguel Ángel, Llopis, J., Villegas Broncano, María Ángeles
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/417991
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/417991
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Silver
Ion exchange
Glasses
Optical properties
Spectrometers
Glass
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Sumario:Soda-lime-silicate glass containing arsenic oxide and undoped soda-lime-silicate glass (blank) are prepared by melting from pure sand (iron concentration lower than 0.01 wt%). The effect of arsenic on the optical properties of the glass with and without silver ion exchange at 325 °C for various times is investigated by optical absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Emission/excitation spectra of silver ion exchanged glass allow differentiation of three stages in the silver incorporation into the glass network. First and second stages are only observed in the undoped glass ion exchanged for short times. Such stages are associated with the presence of isolated Ag+-ions and Ag+–Ag+ pairs, respectively. The third stage appears in the undoped glass ion exchanged for times longer than 10 min and in the arsenic-doped glass even for exchange times as short as 1 min. Then, this stage is characterised by molecular mixed species formed with Ag+ and Ag0, which coexist with nanoparticles of metallic silver. The presence of those Ag0-aggregates gives a yellow colour to the glasses, which show the well-know absorption band at about 400 nm due to surface plasmon resonance.