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A Single-Step Route Towards Large-Scale Deposition of Nanocomposite Thin Films Using Preformed Gold Nanoparticles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Weiliang Wang ,
Kevin Cassar ,
Steve Sheard ,
Peter Dobson ,
Simon Hurst ,
Peter Bishop  and
Ivan Parkin
Weiliang Wang
Affiliation:
weiliang.wang@eng.ox.ac.uk, Oxford University, Engineering Department, Oxford, United Kingdom
Kevin Cassar
Affiliation:
cassak@matthey.com, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Reading, United Kingdom
Steve Sheard
Affiliation:
steve.sheard@eng.ox.ac.uk, Oxford University, Engineering, Oxford, United Kingdom
Peter Dobson
Affiliation:
peter.dobson@begbroke.ox.ac.uk, Oxford University, Engineering, Oxford, United Kingdom
Simon Hurst
Affiliation:
Simon.Hurst@pilkington.com, Pilkington Technology Centre, Lathom, United Kingdom
Peter Bishop
Affiliation:
bishopt@matthey.com, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Reading, United Kingdom
Ivan Parkin
Affiliation:
i.p.parkin@ucl.ac.uk, University College London, Chemistry, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

We have been developing noble metal nanoparticles and nanocomposites for large scale application to glass surfaces. The novel functionality of the nanocomposites is attributed to the properties of both the metal nanoparticles and host matrix. Here a single-process route to nanocomposite thin films by spray deposition technique has been investigated. Preformed gold nanoparticles have been incorporated into several different transition metal oxides (TiO2, SnO2, ZnO). The nanocomposite films showed intense coloration due to the surface plasmon resonance effects of gold nanoparticles embedded in the host matrix. The gold nanoparticles were found well embedded into the host metal oxides homogeneously. This film deposition method can easily be scaled up and is compatible with current industrial on-line processes.

Keywords

compositefilmspray deposition
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1174: Symposium V – Functional Metal-Oxide Nanostructures , 2009 , 1174-V09-32
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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