A. V. Vostokov, A. I. Ignatiev, N. V. Nikonorov, O. A. Podsvirov, A. I. Sidorov, A. V. Nashchekin, R. V. Sokolov, O. A. Usov, V. A. Tsekhomskii, “Effect of electron irradiation on the formation of silver nanoclusters in photothermorefractive glasses”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2009, Volume 35, Issue 17,Pages <nobr>58

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Effect of electron irradiation on the formation of silver nanoclusters in photothermorefractive glasses

A. V. Vostokov^abc, A. I. Ignatiev^abc, N. V. Nikonorov^abc, O. A. Podsvirov^abc, A. I. Sidorov^abc, A. V. Nashchekin^abc, R. V. Sokolov^abc, O. A. Usov^abc, V. A. Tsekhomskii^abc

^a St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
^b St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
^c Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg

Abstract: The dynamics of formation of silver nanocrystals under the action of an electron beam in the near-surface layer of photothermorefractive glasses containing Ag$^+$ ions has been experimentally studied. It is shown that the irradiation by electrons leads to the field-induced diffusion of Ag+ ions and the appearance of primary silver nanoclusters. The role of nanostructures of the core-shell type in the formation of these nanoclusters and the subsequent growth of metallic silver nanoparticles with plasmon resonances is determined.

Received: 21.04.2009