Issue 19, 2018

Characterization of silver-polymer core–shell nanoparticles using electron microscopy

Abstract

Silver-polymer core–shell nanoparticles show interesting optical properties, making them widely applicable in the field of plasmonics. The uniformity, thickness and homogeneity of the polymer shell will affect the properties of the system which makes a thorough structural characterization of these core–shell silver-polymer nanoparticles of great importance. However, visualizing the shell and the particle simultaneously is far from straightforward due to the sensitivity of the polymer shell towards the electron beam. In this study, we use different 2D and 3D electron microscopy techniques to investigate different structural aspects of the polymer coating.

Graphical abstract: Characterization of silver-polymer core–shell nanoparticles using electron microscopy

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 dec 2017
Accepted
11 apr 2018
First published
16 apr 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2018,10, 9186-9191

Characterization of silver-polymer core–shell nanoparticles using electron microscopy

N. Claes, R. Asapu, N. Blommaerts, S. W. Verbruggen, S. Lenaerts and S. Bals, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 9186 DOI: 10.1039/C7NR09517A

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