Abstract
In this paper technological aspects of preparation of silver nanostructures on garnet substrates and their impact on absorption and photoluminescence have been studied. For this purpose, the changes of plasmonic properties as a function of the Ag NPs preparation features, such as type of substrate material, sputtered silver mass thickness, temperature, and time of thermal treatments were shown. The plasmonic structures were prepared on single-crystalline YAG and GGG garnets as well as amorphous glass substrates by the magnetron sputtering technique. Nucleation and growth of Ag nanoparticles were controlled by a thermal annealing process. Two broad absorption bands peaked at 350–370 nm and 440–650 nm were observed due to quadrupole and dipole modes, respectively, of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of Ag nanoparticles. Changes of the positions, intensities, and widths of these absorption bands related to the nanoparticle sizes, densities, and shapes are presented. Degradation of the plasmonic structures at ambient conditions, which is revealed as diminishing of the plasmonic absorption bands and associated with sulphidation of Ag nanoparticles in the natural environment, was studied in details. Theoretical simulations of the sulphidation process modelled as coating of Ag nanoparticles with silver sulphide (Ag2S) film confirm the experimentally observed diminishing of SPR.
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Abbreviations
- NP:
-
Nanoparticle
- SPR:
-
Surface plasmon resonance
- LSPR:
-
Localized surface plasmon resonance
- DR:
-
Dipole resonance
- QR:
-
Quadrupole resonance
- PL:
-
Photoluminescence
- ER:
-
Enhancement ratio
- GGG:
-
Gadolinium gallium garnet
- YAG:
-
Yttrium aluminium garnet
- FDTD:
-
Finite-difference time-domain
- SEM:
-
Scanning electron microscope
- AFM:
-
Atomic force microscope
- NIR:
-
Near infrared
- UV:
-
Ultraviolet
- FWHM:
-
Full width at half maximum
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The work was supported by the Polish National Science Centre (Project 2015/17/B/ST5/01658), by the EU within the European Regional Development Fund through the Innovative Economy grant (POIG.01.01.02-00-108/09), and by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science (Project DB/MEZHA No. 0118U000273 and Project No. 0120U101332).
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This study was funded by the Polish National Science Centre (Project 2015/17/B/ST5/01658) and by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science (Project No. 0120U101332 and Project DB/MEZHA No. 0118U000273).
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MK, YZ, DS, and AS devised the main conceptual ideas of the project. VH, IS, and DS fabricated the garnet samples and nanoparticle structures on garnets substrate. MK carried out the simulations of the plasmonic structure properties. MK and VT characterized the samples with the optical transmission spectroscopy. AP and MA performed SEM and AFM measurements respectively. MK, VT, YZ and AS processed the experimental data, performed the analysis, drafted the manuscript and designed the figures. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript. AS supervised the project.
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Kushlyk, M., Tsiumra, V., Zhydachevskyy, Y. et al. Preparation and properties of Ag plasmonic structures on garnet substrates. Appl Nanosci 12, 317–334 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-020-01624-3
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