Silver metal colloidal film on a flexible polymer substrate

Marcia del Rocío Balaguera Gelves; Alia El Burai-Félix; Edwin De La Cruz-Montoya; Jaqueline I. Jeréz Rozo; Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera

doi:10.1117/12.666437

10 May 2006 Silver metal colloidal film on a flexible polymer substrate

Marcia del Rocío Balaguera Gelves, Alia El Burai-Félix, Edwin De La Cruz-Montoya, Jaqueline I. Jeréz Rozo, Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera

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Proceedings Volume 6201, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense V; 62012C (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666437
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

A method to prepare metallic nanoparticles films in the presence of a hydrophilic copolymer with the aim of inhibiting the formation of clusters in the nanoparticles has been developed. Thin films prepared could be used in applications such as sensors development and substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. The synthesis of colloidal solutions of silver nanoparticles was achieved by the reduction AgNO₃ using sodium citrate with thermal treatment which results in a robust fabrication of gold and silver films. The polymeric films were prepared by polymerization 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate with methacrylic acid (method 1). The other procedure employed (method 2) incorporated the use of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyethylene glycol as copolymers. A scanning electron microscope was used to provide microstructural information of coverage achieved. The ability to tune the nanocoating structure and spectral and electronic properties can be used for applications such as sensors used in the detection of explosives. Silver nanoparticles were also characterized by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), which integrates high chemical sensitivity with spectroscopic identification and has enormous potential for applications involving ultra-sensitive chemical detection. Spectra were obtained using a Renishaw RM2000 Raman Microspectrometer system operating in the visible region excitation (532 nm).

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Marcia del Rocío Balaguera Gelves, Alia El Burai-Félix, Edwin De La Cruz-Montoya, Jaqueline I. Jeréz Rozo, and Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera "Silver metal colloidal film on a flexible polymer substrate", Proc. SPIE 6201, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense V, 62012C (10 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666437

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