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Photoluminescence from Silver Nanoparticles Enhanced by Surface Plasmon Resonance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Oleg A Yeshchenko
Affiliation:
yes@univ.kiev.ua, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University, Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine
Igor M. Dmitruk
Affiliation:
igor_dmitruk@mail.univ.kiev.ua, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University, Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine
Alexandr A Alexeenko
Affiliation:
anatoliypinchuk@gmail.com, Gomel State Technical University, Laboratory of Technical Ceramics and Silicates, Gomel, Belarus
Losytskyy Yu. Mykhaylo
Affiliation:
apinchuk@oakton.edu, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University, Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine
Andriy V. Kotko
Affiliation:
a.kotko@mail.ru, I.M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, Kyiv, Ukraine
Anatoliy Pinchuk
Affiliation:
apinchuk@uccs.edu, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Physics, COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, United States
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Abstract

The size dependence of the photoluminescence spectra from silver nanoparticles embedded in a silica host medium was observed. The quantum yield of the photoluminescence increased when the size of the nanoparticles was decreased. The quantum yield for 8 nm silver nanoparticle was estimated to be on the order of 10-2 which is 108 times higher than the one observed for bulk silver. The two photoluminescence bands observed from silver nanoparticles were rationalized as the radiative electron interband transitions and radiative decay of the surface plasmons in silver nanoparticles. The strong local electric field induced by the surface plasmon resonance in silver nanoparticles enhances the exciting and emitted photons and increases the quantum yield of the photoluminescence.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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