Metal nanoparticles optical extinction

An unusual reaction reported by Inoue et al. [66] is the direct oxidation of Ce metal in 2-methoxyethanol at temperatures between 200 °C and 250 °C. Most of the product obtained was bulk Ce02 as a yellow solid, but in addition, they obtained a brown solution of 2 nm Ce02 nanoparticles. The Ce02 nanoparticles could be salted out by the addition of NaCl, and redispersed into solution at will. The solutions obeyed the Beer-Lambert law for the concentration dependence of the optical extinction, suggesting that the nanoparticulate dispersion was a genuine solution. 

AuNPs in Liquid-State Environment Solute pure and monolayer-coated ( capped ) AuNPs are central targets in colloid and surface science also with a historical dimension [258-262]. Facile chemical syntheses introduced by Schmid et al. [260] and by Brust et al. [263] have boosted AuNP and other metal nanoparticle science towards characterization of the physical properties and use of these nanoscale metallic entities by multifarious techniques and in a variety of environments. Physical properties in focus have been the surface plasmon optical extinction band [264—269], scanning and transmission electron microscopy properties, and electrochemical properties of surface-immobilized coated AuNPs [173, 268-276], To this can be added a variety of AuNP crosslinked molecular and biomolecular... 

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For the calculations of the optical properties of polymer films with embedded nanoparticles, two routes can be selected. In the exact route, the extinction cross sections Cact(v) of single particles are calculated. The calculated extinction spectra for single particles—or, better, a summation of various excitation spectra for a particle assembly—can be compared with the experimental spectra of the embedded nanoparticles. In the statistic route, an effective dielectric function e(v) is calculated from the dielectric function of the metal e(T) and of the polymer material po(v) by using a mixing formula, the so-called effective medium theory. The optical extinction spectra calculated from the effective dielectric functions by using the Fresnel formulas can be compared with the experimental spectra. 

For the following calculation, experimentally determined dielectric functions for silver [30] and for a plasma polymer [31] were taken. The effective dielectric functions e(v) were calculated with the Maxwell Garnett theory for parallel-oriented particles, equation (13). From the effective dielectric function, transmission or extinction spectra can be calculated by using the Fresnel formulas [10] for the optical system air-composite media-quartz substrate. As a further parameter, the thickness of the film with embedded particles and the thickness of other present layers that do not contain metal nanoparticles have to be included. The calculated extinction spectra can be compared with the experimental spectra. 

OPTICAL EXTINCTION OF METAL NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIZED IN POLYMER BY ION IMPLANTATION... 

In 1908, Mie proposed a theoretical model to explain the optical extinction (sum of the absorption and scattering properties) of noble metal nanoparticles. For nanoparticles with a radius (r) much smaller than the wavelength of light (2r X.), the extinction profile can be adequately explained by the simplified Mie formula (Eq.l). ... 

The excitation of the surface plasmon is found to be an extinction maximum or transmission minimum. The spectral position v half-width (full width at half-maximum) T and relative intensity f depend on various physical parameters. First, the dielectric functions of the metal and of the polymer Cpo(v) are involved. Second, the particle size and shape distribution play an important role. Third, the interfaces between particles and the surrounding medium, the particle-particle interactions, and the distribution of the particles inside the insulating material have to be considered. For a description of the optical plasmon resonance of an insulating material with embedded particles, a detailed knowledge of the material constants of insulating host and of the nanoparticles... 

The simplest theoretical approach available for modeling the optical properties of nanoparticles is the Mie theory estimation of the extinction of a metallic sphere in the long wavelength, electrostatic dipole limit. In the following equation ... 

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