Abstract
Core
shell metal nanoparticles ( NPs are an emerging and active ar ea of contemporary science. In this paper, silver NPs with
particle size of about 30 60 nm were firstly prepared by reducing agent of sodium citrate, then the Ag NPs were directly
coated with silica by means of a seeded polymerization technique based on the modified Stöber method. The silica coating
thickness was varied from 87 nm to 120 nm for TEOS concentration of 0.05 ml to 0.4 ml. The optical spectra of the
silver silica core shell composite particles show a sensitive plasmon band to the shell thickne ss, and the experimental
results agree with predictions by Mie theory qualitatively.
Keywords
Silver, Silica, Core-shell, Surface plasmon resonance Mie theory.
Citation
FENG-XIANG CHEN, FENG XIANG CHEN, XI-CHENG WANG, DONG-LIN XIA, LI-SHENG WANG, P reparation and optical properties of Ag@SiO2 core shell nanoparticles, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 7-8, July-August 2015, pp.986-989 (2015).
Submitted at: April 7, 2015
Accepted at: June 24, 2015