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Department of Chemistry College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Surface Plasmon Mediated Chemical Depositions (SPMCD)

Chemical Deposition of Sub-10 nm Particles

Qiu, J. et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 38-41
Qiu, J., et al., J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 20735-20749e

Solution Deposition of Cu Nanoparticle Films

Qiu, J. et al. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2016, 120, 20775-20780b

Metallic copper nanoparticle (Cu NP) films were successfully deposited on a silver (Ag) film on nanosphere (AgFON) substrate after 5 min of low power visible-light irradiation, which demonstrates the versatility of this plasmon-mediated deposition strategy. Scheme (left); SEM images (right): a) Ag FON before deposition, b) after 5 min light irradiation (2.8 W/cm²).