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Copper red glazes: a coating with two families of particles

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In order to explain the origin of the deep red color of copper glazes on ceramics, a ceramist has elaborated, by firing under reducing atmosphere, a significant number of tiles. The analysis of the structure and composition of a representative sample by transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy, followed by an optical characterization and an optical modeling using the radiative transfer approach (four-flux model), have enabled a comprehensive explanation of the origin of the color in these glazes: the presence of two families of copper nanoparticles in the vitreous matrix. The first, purely absorbing, of diameter 10–50 nm, essentially creates color by a subtractive process. The second, due to its larger diameter, 100 nm or more, mainly acts on color by scattering of the visible light. Both act competitively in the layer. A color chart of all the hues which can be reached by this technique has eventually been theoretically calculated.

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Acknowledgements

P.A.C. wishes to thank Daniel Steen (HEI, Lille) and Wahib Saikhaly (CP2M, Marseille) for their help, respectively, in tile optical measurements and in EELS studies.

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  1. R2C-rougedecuivre.com, 37, impasse de la Vielle, 13009, Marseille, France

    P. A. Cuvelier

  2. Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, UMR 7588, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Campus Jussieu 4, place Jussieu, Case 840, 75252, Paris cedex 05, France

    C. Andraud & J. Lafait

  3. CINaM, UPR CNRS 3118, Aix Marseille Université, Campus Luminy, 13288, Marseille cedex 09, France

    D. Chaudanson & S. Nitsche

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Cuvelier, P.A., Andraud, C., Chaudanson, D. et al. Copper red glazes: a coating with two families of particles. Appl. Phys. A 106, 915–929 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-011-6707-3

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