Long-Term Plasmonic Stability of Copper Nanoparticles Produced by Gas-Phase Aggregation Method Followed by UV-Ozone Treatment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. AFM Characterization of Deposited NPs
3.2. Evolution of X-ray Photoelectron and Auger Spectra with Time
3.3. Extinction Spectra of NPs
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Zamboni, F.; Makarevičiūtė, A.; Popok, V.N. Long-Term Plasmonic Stability of Copper Nanoparticles Produced by Gas-Phase Aggregation Method Followed by UV-Ozone Treatment. Appl. Nano 2022, 3, 102-111. https://doi.org/10.3390/applnano3020007
Zamboni F, Makarevičiūtė A, Popok VN. Long-Term Plasmonic Stability of Copper Nanoparticles Produced by Gas-Phase Aggregation Method Followed by UV-Ozone Treatment. Applied Nano. 2022; 3(2):102-111. https://doi.org/10.3390/applnano3020007
Chicago/Turabian StyleZamboni, Francesco, Arūnė Makarevičiūtė, and Vladimir N. Popok. 2022. "Long-Term Plasmonic Stability of Copper Nanoparticles Produced by Gas-Phase Aggregation Method Followed by UV-Ozone Treatment" Applied Nano 3, no. 2: 102-111. https://doi.org/10.3390/applnano3020007