Surface plasmon resonance in nano-gold antimony glass–ceramic dichroic nanocomposites: One-step synthesis and enhanced fluorescence application |
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Authors: | Tirtha Som Basudeb Karmakar |
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Institution: | aGlass Technology Laboratory, Glass Division, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), 196 Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700 032, India |
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Abstract: | A single-step melt-quench in situ thermochemical reduction technique has been used to synthesize a new series of Au° nanoparticles embedded antimony glass–ceramic (K2O–B2O3–Sb2O3–ZnO) dichroic nanocomposites. X-ray and selected area electron diffractions manifest growth of Au° nanoparticles along (2 0 0) planes. The particle sizes obtained from X-ray diffraction patterns are found to vary in the range 4–21 nm. Dichroic behavior is attributed to the elliptical shape gold nanoparticles having aspect ratio 1.2, as observed from the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images. The Au° nanoparticles exhibit surface plasmon resonance band (SPR) around 600 nm, which experiences red-shifts with increasing Au concentration. These nanocomposites when co-doped with Sm2O3 and excited at 949 nm, exhibit 2-fold intensification of 636 nm red emission transition (4G5/2 → 6H9/2) due to SPR induced local field enhancement of Au° nanoparticles and are promising materials for display applications. |
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Keywords: | Surface plasmon resonance Nano gold Antimony glass– ceramic Nanocomposite Enhanced fluorescence |
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