Abstract
Silver nanoparticles have been obtained by photoreduction from solutions during the last two decades, but the growth of differently structured silver nanoparticles directly onto transparent substrates has not been a major area of research. An analysis of silver deposition on glass substrates has shown that the density of nanoparticles deposited on glass substrates increases when a (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane coating is applied to the glass surface. Furthermore, the density and structure of the nanoparticles can be controlled by varying the laser illumination intensity. This fabrication method has potential applications in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, surface plasmon resonance sensing, and direct patterning of functional materials.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 6F303 |
Journal | Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank Neha Nehru for her help with the APTES coating process. Experiments described here were conducted in part in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (infrastructure established under NSF Grant No. EPS-0447479) and Electron Microscopy Center at the University of Kentucky. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. CMMI-0800658 and ECCS-0747810.
Funding
The authors thank Neha Nehru for her help with the APTES coating process. Experiments described here were conducted in part in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (infrastructure established under NSF Grant No. EPS-0447479) and Electron Microscopy Center at the University of Kentucky. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. CMMI-0800658 and ECCS-0747810.
Funders | Funder number |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) | |
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering