Silver Nanoparticles : Properties, Characterization and Applications.

Intro -- SILVER NANOPARTICLES: PROPERTIES, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS -- SILVER NANOPARTICLES: PROPERTIES, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 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 -- Chapter 2 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 = 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 -- 2.1. Harmonic Generation of Laser Radiation in the Plasma Plumes Containing Large-Sized Silver Nanoparticles -- 2.2. Comparison of High-order Harmonic Generation in Large- and small-Sized Ag Nanoparticle-containing Plasma -- 2.3. Improvements in High-order Harmonic Generation from Silver Nanoparticles -- 2.3.1. Preparation and characterization of nanoparticle-contained targets -- 2.3.2. Harmonic generation from nanoparticles -- 2.3.3. Broadening of harmonic spectra in nanoparticle-containing plasma at two-color pump -- 3. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 LASER-INDUCED SHAPE TRANSFORMATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES EMBEDDED IN GLASS - PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 2. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOCOMPOSITES CONTAINING METAL NANOPARTICLES -- 2.1. Surface Plasmon Resonance of Isolated Metal Nanoparticles.

2.2. Optical Properties of Nanocomposites with High Fraction of Metal Nanoparticles -- 2.3. Preparation and Characterization of Glass Samples Containing Silver Nanoparticles -- 3. PROCESSES ARISING BY INTERACTION OF ULTRASHORT LASER PULSES WITH METAL NANOPARTICLES INCORPORATED IN DIELECTRIC MEDIA -- 3.1. Energy Relaxation Following the Excitation of the Nanoparticle: Weak Perturbation Regime -- 3.2. Electron-Phonon Coupling and Electron Heat Capacity of Silver under Conditions of Strong Electron-Phonon Nonequilibrium -- 3.3. Two Temperature Model for the Strong Excitation Regime -- 3.4. Heat Transfer from the Nanoparticle to the Glass Matrix -- 3.5. Photoemission from Nanoparticles Incorporated in Dielectric Media -- 3.6. Mechanism of the Shape Transfomation of Spherical Ag Nanoparticles in Soda-Lime Glass upon fs Laser Irradiation -- 4. EFFECT OF PULSE INTENSITY AND WRITING DENSITY ON THE NANOPARTICLES' SHAPE -- 5. "OFF-RESONANT" EXCITATION: IRRADIATION WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE -- 5.1. Long Wavelength Irradiation -- 5.2. Subsequent Irradiation -- 5.3. Two Wavelengths Irradiation -- 6. EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON THE LASER INDUCED MODIFICATIONS OF AG NANOPARTICLES -- 7. PREPARATION OF SUB-MICRON POLARIZING STRUCTURES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 ION-SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR OPTICAL PROPERTIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEPTH DISTRIBUTION AND DIFFUSION OF SILVER IONS DURING IMPLANTATION -- DEPTH DISTRIBUTION OF SILVER IONS IN DEPENDENCE ON IRRADIATION ENERGY AND SURFACE SPUTTERING EFFECTS -- SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES BY LOW ENERGY ION IMPLANTATION -- ION SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES IN GLASS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE -- OPTICAL REFLECTANCE ION-SYNTHESISED SILVER NANOPARTICLES -- EFFECT OF SURFACE TEMPERATURE ON SILVER NANOPARTICLES FORMATION.

SILVER NANOPARTICLES FORMATION AT DIFFERENT CURRENT DENSITIES -- THERMAL ANNEALING OF DIELECTRICS WITH IMPLANTED SILVER NANOPARTICLES -- NONLINEAR OPTICAL ABSORPTION OF ION-SYNTHESISED SILVER NANOPARTICLES -- LASER ANNEALING OF GLASSES WITH ION-SYNTHESISED SILVER NANOPARTICLES -- ION SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES IN POLYMER MATRIX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SILVER NANOPARTICLES OBTAINED BY THE BIOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS -- 2.1. General Scheme and Methods -- 2.2. Optical Spectra and Sizes -- 2.3. Modification of Liquid and Solid Materials -- 3. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS -- 3.1. Antimicrobial Properties of AgNP -- 3.1.1. Water Solutions -- 3.1.2. Varnish-Paint Materials with AgNP -- 3.1.3. Biodegradable Polymer Films -- 3.1.4. Cloths with AgNP -- 3.1.5. Filtering Materials: Activated Carbon and Polyamide Membranes -- Activated Carbon with Silver Nanoparticles -- Polyamide Membranes with Silver Nanoparticles -- 3.2. Toxic Effects on the Other Living Organisms -- 3.2.1. Slim Mold Physarum Polycephalum -- 3.2.2. Alga Chlorella Vulgaris -- 3.2.3. Plant Seeds -- 3.2.4. Animals (Mice) -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 THE STUDY OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES APPLIED ON THE PHOTONICS MATERIALS BASED ON THE SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS -- 2.1. Surface Plasmon Resonance -- 2.2. Surface-Enhanced Luminescence -- 2.3 Photo-Induced Rate -- 2.4. Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response -- 3. SYNTHESIS OF OPTICAL MATERIALS CONTAINING THE SILVER NANOPARTICLES -- 3.1. The Synthesis of Silver/Lanthanon Complex Nanocomposite Materials -- 3.1.1. The synthesis of silver/lanthanon complex composite nanoparticles -- (1) Lanthanon ion grafted to silver nanoparticles -- (2) Lanthanon ion grafted from silver nanoparticles.

3.1.2. The synthesis silver/Lanthanon complex composite nanoparticles doped solid materials -- 3.2. The Synthesis of LC Polymer/Metal Nanocomposites -- 3.2.1. The in-situ method -- 3.2.2. The mixing method -- 3.3. The Synthesis of Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials -- 3.3.1. Synthesis of Ag nanocomposite polymer films -- (1) The in-situ method -- (2) Self-assembly method -- (3) Others -- 3.3.2. Synthesis of Ag nanocomposite inoriganic films -- (1) Multitarget magnetron sputtering method -- (2) Hybrid deposition technique -- (3) Ion implantation -- 4. CHARACTERIZATIONS OF OPTICAL METRIALS -- 4.1. Fluorescence Properties -- (1) Fluorescence intensity -- (2) Quantum yields and fluorescence lifetime -- 4.2. Photo-Induced Molecular Reorientation -- 4.3. Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties -- 5. THE EFFECTS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES ON OPTICAL MATERIALS -- 5.1. The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles' Concentration -- 5.1.1. Fluorescence -- 5.1.2. Photo-induced re-orientation rate -- 5.1.3. Third-order nonliner optical property -- 5.2. The Effect of Nanoparticles' Size -- 5.2.1. Fluorescence -- 5.2.2. Photo-induced re-orientation rate -- 5.2.3. Third-order nonlinear optical properties -- 5.3. The Effect of Solid Phase -- 5.3.1. Fluorescence -- 5.3.2. Photo-induced re-orientation rate -- 5.3.3. Third-order nonlinear optical properties -- 6. APPLICATION -- 6.1. Optical Limiting Behavior Based on Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties -- 6.2. Optical Switching Based on Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties -- 7. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 A BIOMOLECULAR APPROACH ON THE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. AN OVERVIEW ON NANOTECHNOLOGY -- 2. PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES -- 2.1. Optical Properties of Silver Nanoparticles -- 2.2. Silver Nanoparticles as a Catalyst.

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