Silver nanoparticles : properties, characterization and applications / Audrey E. Welles, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Welles, Audrey E.

Series:

Nanotechnology science and technology series.

Nanotechnology science and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silver.

Nanoparticles.

Metal powder products.

Powder metallurgy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the properties and application of silver nanoparticles on topics such as low and high-order nonlinearities of silver nanoparticles, the synthesis, growth mechanisms and tuneable optical and catalytic properties of silver nanoparticles, and, laser-induced shape transformation of silver nanoparticles embedded in glass and others.

Contents:

""SILVER NANOPARTICLES: PROPERTIES, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS ""; ""SILVER NANOPARTICLES: PROPERTIES, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""SYNTHESIS, GROWTH MECHANISMS AND TUNABLE OPTICAL AND CATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF DIVERSE SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1. Ag Nanoparticles in 7 Minutes in Mom�s Kitchen ""; ""2. SHAPE CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF AG NANOSTRUCTURES ""; ""2.1. Oriented Attachment Close and Far from Equilibrium""; ""2.2. Unusual Growth Mechanisms of Ag Dendrites under Ultrasound ""

""2.3. Supported Ag Flowers with Flakes as Sub-Units""""3. SILVER DENDRITE BASED BIMETALLIC STRUCTURES ""; ""3.1. Ag Dendrites by GRR from Copper ""; ""3.2. Ag/Au Bimetallic Structures via GRR from Silver""; ""4. AG NANOPARTICLE DOPED COMPOSITES VIA DIELECTRIC MICRO SPHERES ""; ""4.1. Silica Spheres Doped with Ag Nanoparticles ""; ""4.1.1. Thermal stability of Ag NPs on silica spheres ""; ""4.2. Carbon Spheres Doped with Ag Nanoparticles ""; ""4.2.1. Ag nanoparticles inside carbon spheres ""; ""5. OPTICAL PROPERTIES ""; ""5.1. UV-Visible Absorption""; ""5.1.1. Free Ag NPs ""

""5.1.2. Ag on silica spheres """"5.1.3. Ag on carbon spheres""; ""5.2. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ""; ""5.2.1. Flowerlike Ag structures ""; ""5.2.2. Dendritic Ag/Au nanostructures ""; ""6. CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES ""; ""6.1. Ag Nano Structures on Flat Substrates ""; ""6.2. Dendritic Ag/Au Nanostructures ""; ""6.3. Ag Nanoparticle Doped Carbon Spheres ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""LOW- AND HIGH-ORDER NONLINEARITIES OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""1. LOW-ORDER NONLINEARITIES OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION ""

""1.1. Basic Relations """"1.1.1. Nonlinear refractive indices, nonlinear absorption coefficients, and nonlinear susceptibilities ""; ""1.1.2. The transmission Z-scan ""; ""1.2. Experimental Arrangements ""; ""1.3. Characterization of Nonlinear Optical Parameters of Silver-Doped Silica Glasses at λ = 1064 nm ""; ""1.4. Saturated Absorption and Nonlinear Refraction of Silicate Glasses Doped with Silver Nanoparticles at 532 nm ""; ""1.5. Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities of Silver-Doped Silicate Glasses in the Ultraviolet Range ""

""1.6. Characterization of Optical and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation in Various Liquids """"1.6.1. Experimental ""; ""1.6.2. Nonlinear optical studies at high pulse repetition rate ""; ""1.6.3. Nanosecond pulses ""; ""1.6.4. Picosecond and femtosecond pulses ""; ""1.7. Role of Aggregation in Variations of Nonlinear Optical Parameters of Silver Nanoparticle Suspensions ""; ""1.8. Pulsed Laser Deposition of Silver Films and Nanoparticles in Vacuum Using Subnanosecond Laser Pulses ""

""2. APPLICATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLE-CONTAINING LASER PLASMAS FOR OPTICAL HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-062-3

OCLC:

923654855