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This book gives an overview of the nanostructure and the resulting electronic and optical properties of metal nanoparticles embedded in insulating polymer matrices. The preparation of such materials is reviewed with special attention to various thin film deposition techniques. Deposition parameters, chemical and physical properties of the matrix material as well as the application potential of such films are described. Extensive investigations of the nanostructure are presented and detailed descriptions of the particle geometry are given. As a result of various diffusion processes during thermal annealing or electron- and laser-beam irradiation, substantial changes of the metal particle size and shape distribution are observed. Extensive measurements of the electronic and optical properties are presented to demonstrate detailed relationships between the nanostructure and the electronic and optical properties. Modelling of the optical properties with various theories is explained in detail and can be transferred straightforwardly to a large number of other materials.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Film Deposition.- 3. Nanostructure.- 4. Nanostructural Changes.- 5. Electronic Properties.- 6. Nanostructure and Optical Properties.- References.
About the author
Andreas Heilmann (Dr. phil.) lehrt als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Sozialwissenschaften und am Zentrum für Transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich Geschlechter-, Wissens- und Mediensoziologie sowie der Politischen Soziologie.
Summary
This book gives the first detailed description of the relationship between nanostructure of insulating films with embedded nanoparticles and the resulting optical and electronic properties. Various methods for the determination of the nanostructure are described in detail.
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Praise for A. Heilmann's Polymer Films with Embedded Metal Nanoparticles
POLYMERNEWS
"This book presents an overview of the structure and resulting electronic and optical properties of metal nanoparticles that are embedded in insulating polymer matrices."
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Praise for A. Heilmann's Polymer Films with Embedded Metal Nanoparticles
POLYMERNEWS
"This book presents an overview of the structure and resulting electronic and optical properties of metal nanoparticles that are embedded in insulating polymer matrices."
