1. Optical study of Ag-TiO2nanocermet thin films prepared by R.F. co-sputtering
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Malik Maaza, A. Dakka, Jacques Lafait, C. Sella, and M. Abd-Lefdil
- Subjects
Materials science ,Morphology (linguistics) ,Analytical chemistry ,Cermet ,engineering.material ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Sputtering ,Volume fraction ,Thermal ,engineering ,Noble metal ,Surface plasmon resonance ,Thin film ,Composite material ,Instrumentation - Abstract
The optical properties of Ag-TiO 2 nanocermet thin films are studied with the aim of optical filtering applications. Beyond the classical properties of cermets with noble metal inclusions predicted by the effective medium theories, the optical properties of Ag-TiO 2 nanocermets deposited by R.F. co-sputtering are governed by their columnar morphology and the under-stoichiometry of the TiO 2 matrix. A careful experimental analysis of the different parameters and effects involved in the optical response of these nanocermets is performed both on TiO 2 and Ag-TiO 2 : film thickness, silver volume fraction, thermal treatments, oxidation. The influence of these parameters on the surface plasmon resonance and the infrared transmission of the nanocermet thin films is optimized.
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- 2000
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