Novel method of preparation of gold-nanoparticle-doped TiO2 and SiO2 plasmonic thin films: Optical characterization and comparison with Maxwell-Garnett modeling

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3502-3507

  Pedrueza, Esteban ^a   Valdés, José L ^a   Chirvony, Vladimir ^a   Abargues, Rafael ^a   Hernández Saz, Jesús ^b   Herrera, Miriam ^b   Molina, Sergio I ^b   Martínez Pastor, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

gold; silica; surface plasmon resonance; thin films; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTIVE; ANTIREFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; BAKING PROCESS; EFFECTIVE-MEDIUM THEORIES; EXPERIMENTAL SPECTRA; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATRIX; MAXWELL-GARNETT; METAL-DOPED; METAL-OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PLASMONIC; SPECULAR REFLECTANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS; TIO; WET-ETCHING PROCESS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD COATINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; PLASMONS; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WET ETCHING;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 80052994510     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201101020     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. G. Walters, I. P. Parkin, J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 574.
2. G. V. Ramesh, S. Porel, T. P. Radhakrishnan, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 2646.
3. R. Abargues, K. Abderrafi, E. Pedrueza, R. Gradess, J. Marques-Hueso, J. L. Valdes, J. P. Martiinez-Pastor, New J. Chem. 2009, 33, 1720.
4. R. Abargues, J. Marques-Hueso, J. Canet-Ferrer, E. Pedrueza, J. L. Valdes, E. Jimenez, J. P. Martinez-Pastor, Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 355308.
5. S. K. Medda, S. De, G. De, J. Mater. Chem. 2005, 15, 3278.
6. H. B. Liao, R. F. Xiao, H. Wang, K. S. Wong, G. K. L. Wong, Appl. Phys. Lett. 1998, 72, 1817.
7. F. Cui, Z. Hua, Q. He, J. Li, L. Guo, X. Cui, P. Jiang, C. Wei, W. Huang, W. Bu, J. Shi, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2009, 26, 107.
8. C. Zhang, Y. Liu, G. You, B. Li, J. Shi, S. Qian, Physica B 2005, 357, 334.
9. V. Idakiev, T. Tabakova, Z.-Y. Yuan, B.-L. Su, Appl. Catal. A-Gen. 2004, 270, 135.
10. E. V. Rebrov, A. Berenguer-Murcia, B. F. G. Johnson, J. C. Schouten, Catalysis Today 2008, 138, 210.
11. X. D. Hoa, A. G. Kirk, M. Tabrizian, Biosens. Bioelectron. 2007, 23, 151.
12. D. Buso, M. Post, C. Cantalini, P. Mulvaney, A. Martucci, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 3843.
13. R. Gradess, R. Abargues, A. Habbou, J. Canet-Ferrer, E. Pedrueza, A. Russell, J. L. Valdes, J. P. Martinez-Pastor, J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 9233.
14. J. Marques-Hueso, R. Abargues, J. L. Valdes, J. P. Martinez-Pastor, J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 7436.
15. H. A. Atwater, A. Polman, Nat. Mater. 2010, 9, 205 and references therein.
16. V. E. Ferry, J. N. Munday, H. A. Atwater, Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 4794.
17. S. Pillai, K. R. Catchpole, T. Trupke, M. A. Green, J. Appl. Phys. 2007, 101, 093105.
18. K. Nakayama, K. Tanabe, H. A. Atwater, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 93, 121904.
19. M. D. Perez, E. Otal, S. A. Bilmes, G. J. A. A. Soler-Illia, E. L. Crepaldi, D. Grosso, C. Sanchez, Langmuir 2004, 20, 6879.
20. J. C. Yu, X.-C. Wang, L. Wu, W.-K. Ho, L.-Z. Zhang, G.-T. Zhou, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2004, 14, 1178.
21. J. Song, U. Lee, H. Lee, M. Suh, Y. Kwon, Thin Solid Films 2009, 517, 5705.
22. L. Armelao, D. Barreca, G. Bottaro, A. Gasparotto, E. Tondello, M. Ferroni, S. Polizzi, Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 3331.
23. Y. Zhang, A. H. Yuwono, J. Li, J. Wag, Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2008, 110, 242.
24. D. Buso, J. Pacifico, A. Martucci, P. Mulvaney, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 347.
25. D. E. Bornside, C. W. Macosko, L. E. Scriven, J. Imaging Technol. 1987, 13, 122.
26. Y. Tai, M. Watanabe, J. Murakami, K. Tajiri, J. Mater. Sci. 2007, 42, 1285.
27. J. W. M. Chon, C. Bullen, P. Zijlstra, M. Gu, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 875.
28. M. Wark, J. Tschirch, O. Bartels, D. Bahnemann, J. Rathousky, Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2005, 84, 247.
29. S. De, G. De, J. Mater. Chem. 2006, 16, 3193.
30. D. Kannaiyan, M.-A. Cha, Y. H. Jang, B.-H. Sohn, J. Nuh, C. Park, D. H. Kim, New J. Chem. 2009, 33, 2431.
31. T. Ung, L. M. Liz-Marzan, P. Mulvaney, Coll. Surf. A 2002, 202, 119.
32. T. Ung, L. M. Liz-Marzan, P. Mulvaney, J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 3441.
33. M. Kumar, G. B. Reddy, Phys. Stat. Sol. B 2009, 246, 2232.
34. S. De, G. De, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 10378.
35. Yu. A. Akimov, K. Ostrikov, E. P. Li, Plasmonics 2009, 4, 107.
36. Yu. A. Akimov, W. S. Koh, K. Ostrikov, Optics Express 2009, 17, 10195.
37. A. Warshawsky, R. Kalir, A. Deshe, H. Berkovitz, A. Patchornik, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1979, 101, 4249.
38. T. Sakai, P. Alexandridis, J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 7766.
39. W. Wong-Ng, H. F. McMurdie, C. R. Hubbard, A. D. Mighell, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 2001, 106, 1013.
40. E. György, G. Sauthier, A. Figueras, A. Giannoudakos, M. Kompitsas, I. N. Mihailescu, J. Appl. Phys. 2006, 100, 114302.
41. B. S. Richards, Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl. 2004, 12, 253.