Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Effects of Ag Particles’ Shape in Ag-SiO2 Composite Films on Surface Resonance Absorption Properties

ZHAO Ya-Li1,2, XU Xiao-Liang1,2, MING Hai2   

  1. 1. Structure Research Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China; 2. Department Physics, University of Science and technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • Received:2007-03-22 Revised:2007-05-11 Published:2008-03-20 Online:2008-03-20

Abstract: Ag/SiO2 multilayer thin films were prepared by RF magnetron sputtering. The Ag nanoparticles diffuse towards and mostly assemble near the surface of the Ag-SiO2 films via rapid thermal treatment. Ag nanoparticles with different shapes can be obtained by changing the thickness of Ag and SiO2 layers. It is found that the Ag particles with sharper edges and wider terrace between steps have more electrons at Fermi level. Accordingly, the intensity of resonance absorption is obviously enhanced.

Key words: resonance absorption, surface state, energy of surface state, Fermi leve

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