Title

Formation and dissolution of copper-based nanoparticles in SiO2 sol-gel film using heat treatment and/or UV light exposure

Authors

Authors

J. Massera; J. Choi; L. Petit; M. Richardson; Y. Obeng;K. Richardson

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Abstract

We report in this paper, results on the formation and dissolution of Cu-based nanoparticles in sol-gel SiO2 thin films using heat treatment and UV light exposure, respectively. Using UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy, we have shown that Cu2O nanoparticles can be generated by controlling the aging of the sol prior to film deposition while the Cu-0 nanoparticles can be synthesized using a heat treatment in H-2 atmosphere at 550 degrees C for 6 h. It has been also demonstrated that irradiation with an UV pulsed (Q-switched Nd:YAG) or continuous black ray UV lamp can dissolve these Cu-based nanoparticles with controlled, spatial selectivity. The mechanism of the dissolution process was found to be mainly thermal. Finally, we report a new analytical technique for detecting/confirming the presence of low densities of Cu nanoparticles in the films, based on a relative heat flow measurement of such films using a micro-thermal analyzer (e.g., TA Instruments mu TA model 2990). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Materials Research Bulletin

Volume

43

Issue/Number

11

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

First Page

3130

Last Page

3139

WOS Identifier

WOS:000260292400034

ISSN

0025-5408

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