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Multigeneration solution-processed method for silver nanotriangles exhibiting narrow linewidth (∼170 nm) absorption in near-infrared

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Bottom-up assembly of nanomaterials using solution-processed methods is ideally suited for use in fabrication of large-area optoelectronic devices. Tailorable visible and near-infrared absorption in shaped nanostructured noble metals is strongly influenced by localized plasmon resonance effects. Obtaining sharp and selective absorption with solution-processed methods is a challenge and requires suitable control on the growth kinetics, which ultimately results in appropriate size and morphology of the final product. In this work, a photo-assisted multigenerational growth process for synthesis of silver nanotriangle ink with narrow linewidth absorbance is developed. This technique combines photochemical and seed-mediated growth approaches. The resulting ink exhibits a sharp absorption at 700 nm with full width at half maximum of ∼170 nm, verified by absorption as well as dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, and field emission scanning electron microscopy measurements. Numerical modeling using finite-difference time-domain calculations yields a close match with observed absorption and is used to examine electric field distribution and enhancement factor resonating at 720 nm. The synthesis technique is potentially useable for production of highly selective absorbers in solution phase.

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Acknowledgments

A.W., R.S., and M.S. acknowledge support from grant SB/S3/EECE/095/2014 from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). A.S. and R.S. acknowledge support from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). A.R. and R.S.D. acknowledge support from the Ministry of Human Resource & Development. G.E.J. acknowledges support from NSERC. S.K. and M.S. acknowledge support from grant TMD/CERI/BEE/2016/035(G) from Department of Science & Technology (DST). M.S. acknowledges support under the Young Faculty Research Fellowship (YFRF) from Digital India Corporation. The authors acknowledge the use of the Nanoscale Research Facility (NRF), the Central Research Facility (CRF), and the Department of Chemical Engineering (DLS measurements) at IIT Delhi. A.W., R.S.D., R.S., and M.S. declare competing interest in the form of a related provisional Indian patent application (201811015696). A.W. would like to acknowledge assistance from Mr. Aakash Jain in formatting some of the figures.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 110016, India

    Anmol Walia, Sandeep Kumar, Abhishek Ramachandran, Rajinder Deol & Madhusudan Singh

  2. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 110016, India

    Abhishek Ramachandran

  3. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 110016, India

    Asmita Sharma & Ravi Shankar

  4. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada

    Ghassan E. Jabbour

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Walia, A., Kumar, S., Ramachandran, A. et al. Multigeneration solution-processed method for silver nanotriangles exhibiting narrow linewidth (∼170 nm) absorption in near-infrared. Journal of Materials Research 34, 3420–3427 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.252

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