Silver nanoparticles [[electronic resource] ] : properties, characterization and applications / / Audrey E. Welles, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813775703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• ISBN: 1-61728-062-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Collana: Nanotechnology science and technology
• Altri autori (Persone): WellesAudrey E
• Disciplina: 620.1/8923
• Soggetti: Silver; Nanoparticles; Metal powder products; Powder metallurgy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 Momâ€?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 ""