Date of Award

12-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Legacy Department

Chemistry

Committee Chair/Advisor

Chumanov, George

Committee Member

Marcus , R. Kenneth

Committee Member

Brumaghim , Julia

Committee Member

Anker , Jeffrey

Abstract

Nanotechnology and the synthesis of nanoparticle systems are attractive in part because of interesting, tunable optical and electrical properties that are not observed with bulk material. Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) interact with visible light more efficiently than any other system due to the excitation of plasmon resonances, which are the collective oscillations of the free electron density. These collective oscillations produce an enhanced local electromagnetic (EM) field: this field is responsible for highly-utilized phenomena such as surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), enhanced fluorescence, surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA), and many others. Many experiments have been conducted to optimize and tailor nanoparticle properties for various applications and devices. This thesis is centered upon both the stabilization of two-dimensional (2D) arrays of Ag NPs via homopolymer films for further modification as well as the synthesis of core-shell Ag NPs. Characterization techniques include UV-Vis spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

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Chemistry Commons

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