Silver chloride optical properties

Anodization — Formation of a film on an electrode by means of an anodic (oxidation) process. Electrooxidation of silver in a chloride-containing solution results in the formation of an AgCl-film because the solubility product of AgCl is rapidly surpassed upon oxidation of silver. The AgCl-coated silver is suitable for preparation of a Ag/AgCl -> reference electrode. Formation of an oxide layer on other metals (e.g., in case of aluminum) may result in improved surface properties (corrosion resistance, hardness, optical properties). 

Other. Silver chloride, AgCl, has interesting optical properties as it can be made transparent it also is a cement for glass. Silver nitrate, AgNOj, also called lunar caustic, the most important silver compound, is used extensively in photography. 

Around 1900, widely forgotten reports indicated the preparation of polymer nanocomposites with uniaxially oriented inorganic particles, and their remarkable optical properties (14,15). Dichroic plants and animal fibrils (eg, linen, cotton, spruce, or chitin, amongst others) were prepared by impregnation with solutions of silver nitrate, silver acetate, or gold chloride, followed by reduction of the corresponding metal ions under the action of light (16). 

Wessels JM, Nothofer H, Ford WE, von Wrochem F, Scholz F, Vossmeyer T, Schroedter A, Weller H, Yasuda A (2004) Optical and electrical properties of three-dimensional interlinked gold nanoparticle assemblies. J Am Chem Soc 126 3349-3356 Wiley B, Herricks T, Sun Y, Xia Y (2004) Polyol synthesis of silver nanoparticles Use of chloride and oxygen to promote the formation of single-crystal, truncated cubes and tetrahedrons. Nano Lett 4 1733-1739... 

Controlling the size, shape, and structure of metal nanoparticles is very important because of the strong correlation between these parameters and their resulting optical, electrical, and catal3Aic properties [65]. We reported a directed calcium chloride coalescence method, based upon incubating a silver colloid with an aqueous solution of CaCl2, for preparation of silver nanocubes with a particle size of 270 to 950 nm. 

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