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Formation of Self-organized Silver Nanocup-Type Structures and Their Plasmonic Absorption

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The present work reports on the formation of extremely low volume, silver nanocup-type structures on the surface by annealing of ultra-thin silver film on quartz in inert environment. Atomic force microscopy studies together with scanning electron microscopy confirmed the formation of Ag nanocup-type structures at the surface. A basic physical model for the formation of nanocups in terms of buckling and Oswald ripening due to surface-induced morphological instability and diffusional mass transport under thermal treatment is demonstrated. Surface plasmon resonance absorptions of nanocup structures are studied and preliminary experiment for observing the surface-enhanced Raman scattering of fullerene C70 molecules has been shown.

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Acknowledgments

YKM thank the Humboldt Foundation for postdoctoral research grant. YKM, SM, and DKA acknowledge the support from Dr. D.C. Agarwal and Dr. D. Kabiraj (IUAC, New Delhi) during sample preparation. We acknowledge partial support by DFG in framework of the SFB 677 project C1 and C10 and AD 183/5-2.

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  1. Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, University of Kiel, Kaiserstrasse 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany

    Y. K. Mishra & R. Adelung

  2. Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    G. Kumar

  3. Nanoengineering and Nanochemistry, Institute for Materials Science, University of Kiel, Kaiserstrasse 2, 24143, Kiel, Germany

    M. Elbahri

  4. Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Max Planck Str. 1, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany

    M. Elbahri

  5. School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, 110075, India

    S. Mohapatra

  6. Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, JLN Marg, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, 302017, India

    R. Singhal

  7. Inter University Accelerator Centre, Post Box 10502, New Delhi, 110067, India

    A. Tripathi & D. K. Avasthi

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Mishra, Y.K., Adelung, R., Kumar, G. et al. Formation of Self-organized Silver Nanocup-Type Structures and Their Plasmonic Absorption. Plasmonics 8, 811–815 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9477-2

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