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The dynamics of formation of silver nanocrystals under the action of an electron beam in the near-surface layer of photothermorefractive glasses containing Ag+ ions has been experimentally studied. It is shown that the irradiation by electrons leads to the field-induced diffusion of Ag+ ions and the appearance of primary silver nanoclusters. The role of nanostructures of the core-shell type in the formation of these nanoclusters and the subsequent growth of metallic silver nanoparticles with plasmon resonances is determined.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Vostokov, A.I. Ignat’ev, N.V. Nikonorov, O.A. Podsvirov, A.I. Sidorov, A.V. Nashchekin, R.V. Sokolov, O.A. Usov, V.A. Tsekhomskii, 2009, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 17, pp. 58–63.
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Vostokov, A.V., Ignat’ev, A.I., Nikonorov, N.V. et al. Effect of electron irradiation on the formation of silver nanoclusters in photothermorefractive glasses. Tech. Phys. Lett. 35, 812–814 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785009090089
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