https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00178-5
Silver diffusion and precipitation of nanoparticles in glass by ion implantation
1
Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Physics,
Friedemann-Bach Platz 6, 06108 Halle, Germany
2
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle, Germany
3
Institute
of Solid State Physics, University of Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Corresponding author: a dubiel@physik.uni.halle.de
Received:
10
September
2002
Published online:
3
July
2003
Silver particles in soda-lime glass, less than 10 nm in size, were prepared by ion
implantation. The implantation dose was in the range of 0.5 to 
Ag ions/cm2 and the beam
current density was varied from 0.5 to 
A/cm2. Here, the beam current density strongly influences ion
diffusion and particle precipitation as well as compressive stress generation around the particles due to thermal effects resulting from the deceleration of silver ions. Stress relaxation can be achieved by
increased dose rates or thermal processing at elevated temperatures. Based on RBS and HREM results,
a possible route to homogeneous distribution of Ag nanoparticles within the glass is discussed with
respect to their interesting optical properties.
PACS: 61.80.-x – Physical radiation effects, radiation damage / 61.46.+w – Nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2003
