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Color Properties of Silver Nanoparticle Composites

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In order to investigate tunable color materials comprising metallic nanospheres, we investigated the color response of structures formed by periodic arrangements of silver nanoparticles. We use different approaches to model the dielectric function of silver in order to analyze the differences introduced in the reflection and transmission spectra and, consequently, in the obtained color. To calculate the spectral response, we use the KKR method, widely used to model structures comprising layers of periodically arranged spheres. The results obtained show the relevance of the model used for the dielectric function of silver for an accurate prediction of the color produced by systems composed of nanoparticles of different sizes and filling fractions.

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The authors acknowledge partial support from Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBACyT 20020150100028BA and 20020190100108BA) and CONICET (PIP 11220170100633CO).

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  1. Departamento de Física, Grupo de Electromagnetismo Aplicado, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Christian N. D’Ambrosio, Marina E. Inchaussandague & Diana C. Skigin

  2. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires (IFIBA), CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Marina E. Inchaussandague & Diana C. Skigin

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All authors conceived the presented idea. C. N. D. developed the theory and performed the simulations. M.E.I. and D.C.S. supervised the findings of this work. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final version of the manuscript.

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D’Ambrosio, C.N., Inchaussandague, M.E. & Skigin, D.C. Color Properties of Silver Nanoparticle Composites. Plasmonics 17, 31–42 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01493-8

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