Deposition of thin composite films consisting of fluoropolymer and silver nanoparticles having surface plasmon resonance

Publication date: Available online 18 February 2016
Source:Thin Solid Films
Author(s): Alexey I. Safonov, VeronicaS. Sulyaeva, Nikolay I. Timoshenko, Sergey V. Starinskiy
This paper describes the method of obtaining composite coatings consisting of silver nanoparticles covered by a fluoropolymer film. The morphology and optical properties of resulting coatings are given within. The presence of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) minimum of silver nanoparticles deposited on glass and fused silica surfaces has been revealed. The paper describes a shift towards the infrared (IR) region when the average size of deposited silver nanoparticles is changed. However, coating the nanoparticles in a fluoropolymer film does not significantly shift their resonance.