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Structural characterization of bimetallic Ag-Au nanoparticles in glass

J Haug1, M Dubiel1, H Kruth1 and H Hofmeister2

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Metal nanoparticles embedded in glass have been thoroughly studied because of their specific optical properties. The present work is directed to the fabrication of bimetallic Ag/Au nanoparticles by double ion implantation and their structural investigation. Ion-implanted samples were measured at the Ag K- and Au L3-edge at HASYLAB/Hamburg and ESRF/Grenoble, respectively, in fluorescence mode (at 10 and 20 K). The Fourier transformed spectra show Ag-Ag and Ag-O bonds for small ion doses. For high ion doses two different correlations (Ag-Ag and Ag-Au) can be found between 2 and 3 Å. At the Au L3-edge, the high-dose implantation creates an additional Au-Ag correlation visible in the Fourier transformed spectra. These results indicate the formation of Ag-Au alloy nanoparticles for high-dose sequential implantation of Ag and Au ions (4×1016 ions/cm2 in each case) whereas for lower doses mainly the ionic state of implanted ions should exist. Transmission electron microscopy characterization revealed the formation of smaller homogeneous particles of ≈5 nm mean size and larger ones of ≈15 nm that exhibit an internal void, i.e. hollow core-shell particles. EXAFS data prove bimetallic structures for all nanoparticles.


PACS

61.46.Df Structure of nanocrystals and nanoparticles ("colloidal" quantum dots but not gate-isolated embedded quantum dots)

78.67.Bf Nanocrystals and nanoparticles

61.80.Jh Ion radiation effects

78.70.Dm X-ray absorption spectra

61.05.cj X-ray absorption spectroscopy: EXAFS, NEXAFS, XANES, etc.

68.37.Lp Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Dates

Issue 1 (2009)



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