Irradiation-induced Ag nanocluster nucleation in silicate glasses: analogy with photography

Details Irradiation-induced Ag nanocluster nucleation in silicate glasses: analogy with photography Irradiation-induced Ag nanocluster nucleation in silicate glasses: analogy with photography

2007-03-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703510v2

Phys. Rev. B76, 205431 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

48 pages, 18 figures, revised version publ. in Phys. Rev. B, pdf file

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.205431

The synthesis of Ag nanoclusters in sodalime silicate glasses and silica was studied by optical absorption (OA) and electron spin resonance (ESR) experiments under both low (gamma-ray) and high (MeV ion) deposited energy density irradiation conditions. Both types of irradiation create electrons and holes whose density and thermal evolution - notably via their interaction with defects - are shown to determine the clustering and growth rates of Ag nanocrystals. We thus establish the influence of redox interactions of defects and silver (poly)ions. The mechanisms are similar to the latent image formation in photography: irradiation-induced photoelectrons are trapped within the glass matrix, notably on dissolved noble metal ions and defects, which are thus neutralized (reverse oxidation reactions are also shown to exist). Annealing promotes metal atom diffusion, which in turn leads to cluster nuclei formation. The cluster density depends not only on the irradiation fluence, but also - and primarily - on the density of deposited energy and the redox properties of the glass. Ion irradiation (i.e., large deposited energy density) is far more effective in cluster formation, despite its lower neutralization efficiency (from Ag+ to Ag0) as compared to gamma photon irradiation.

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