Preparation and properties of an ordered, uniform 0.9 nm Ag array assembled in a nanoporous VSB-1 by a simple soft chemical method

Abstract

An ordered, homogeneously distributed and uniform 0.9 nm Ag array, which exhibits an unusual UV–vis surface plasmon resonance absorption peak at 355 nm with the largest blue-shift position and controllable intensity, has been successfully prepared by a simple soft chemical approach using the nanoporous VSB-1 as the template.