The Optical Property and Sensitivity of Ag Nanoparticles Deposited Ultra-Thin Diamond-Like Carbon Films

2013 ◽  
Vol 803 ◽  
pp. 222-225
Author(s):  
Hua Song ◽  
Nan Yu Ma ◽  
Jun Wei Di ◽  
Mu Sen Li

Ag nanoparticles (NPs) had most prominent local surface plasma resonance effect (LSPR) among the all metals. Diamond-like carbon (DLC) film had good biological compatibility, wear resistance, corrosion-resisting and high transmission ability in the visible and near-infrared range. Since the Ag NPs were easily oxidized in air,a new LSPR interface between them and an ultra-thin DLC films was formed by means of a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The morphologies and properties of the Ag NPs deposited ultra-thin DLC films were studied by using Raman spectrometer, X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS) , field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM) and so on. And the optical tramsmission sensitivity of the new LSPR interface was also examined. The results indicated that the DLC films deposited in a shorter time had a higher sp3bond content of carbon atoms and more sensitive to refractive index of surrounding media. Moreover, to obtain the optimal morphologies and the sensing property, the deposition time for forming the DLC films should be controlled within 30 seconds.

2013 ◽  
Vol 745-746 ◽  
pp. 60-65
Author(s):  
Nan Yu Ma ◽  
Dan Zeng ◽  
Yu Jie Huang ◽  
Jun Wei Di ◽  
Mu Sen Li

Ag nanoparticles (NPs) have prominent local surface plasma resonance effect (LSPR), and Ag NPs exhibit sharpest and strongest bands among all metals. Diamond-like carbon (DLC) film have good biological compatibility and also have high transmissibility in the visible and near-infrared region. A new LSPR interface between Ag NPs and ultra-thin DLC film was formed by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition. The morphologies and properties of the Ag NPs coated with DLC film were studied with SEM and AFM. The results indicated that the thickness of DLC film increased with the deposition time. LSPR peak became sharper after depositing for 1 or 2 min. DLC film was prior to nucleate on the surface of Ag NPs, and it has high content of sp2 bonds near the interface. The sensitivity of new LSPR interface deposited for 20s was about the half of the sensitivity of bare Ag NPs and the sensitivity significantly decreased with deposition time. This result is helpful to understand the behavior of the new LSPR interface and to improve its sensitivity.


2012 ◽  
Vol 569 ◽  
pp. 39-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Yu Ma ◽  
Yu Jie Huang ◽  
Mu Sen Li

Abstract. Noble metal nanoparticles have prominent surface effect, quantum size effect and active outer-shell electrons, they cause these particles to present unusual optical phenomenon, display the strong local surface plasma resonance (LSPR) effect. DLC films have good biological compatibility, good wear resistance and corrosion-resisting, it also has high transmissibility in the visible and near-infrared region. A new LSPR interface between diamond-like carbon films and the Au/Ag NPs was formed by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), The optical and electrical properties of the samples were studied with ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrophotometer and Raman spectrometer. The results indicate that their transmittance decreased with the increase of the film thickness.


2007 ◽  
Vol 537-538 ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Veres ◽  
Sara Tóth ◽  
M. Füle ◽  
János Dobránszky ◽  
László Major ◽  
...  

The structure of diamond-like carbon thin films prepared by radio frequency chemical vapor deposition onto the surface of different corrosion resistant alloys (304, 316L and Iconel 617) used for coronary stent fabrication was investigated by Raman spectroscopy excited by visible (488 nm) and near-infrared (785 nm) light. The effect of electrochemical polishing of the alloy surface and that of Ar+ ion pre-treatment on the structure of the forming film was also studied in case of substrate made of 316L material. It was found that in spite of simultaneous preparation the character of the formed amorphous carbon films depends on the type of the alloy. The layer developed on the surface of Fe-rich stainless steels (316L and 304) showed the most diamond-like character, while the Ni-rich Inconel alloy promoted the formation of layer with high graphitic sp2 cluster content. The Ar+ pre-treatment enhanced the adhesion and the diamond-like properties of the film while the electrochemical polishing was found to be unfavorable concerning the diamond-like character of the layer.


2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (12-13) ◽  
pp. 1702-1705 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Maheswaran ◽  
R. Sivaraman ◽  
O. Mahapatra ◽  
P. C. Rao ◽  
C. Gopalakrishnan ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (11R) ◽  
pp. 110123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Yang ◽  
Susumu Takabayashi ◽  
Shuichi Ogawa ◽  
Hiroyuki Hayashi ◽  
Radek Ješko ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 523 ◽  
pp. 25-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Yang ◽  
Shuichi Ogawa ◽  
Susumu Takabayashi ◽  
Taiichi Otsuji ◽  
Yuji Takakuwa

2015 ◽  
Vol 642 ◽  
pp. 231-235
Author(s):  
Che Hung Wei ◽  
Jui Feng Yang ◽  
Chao I Wang

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films is useful in many applications. To improve the tribological properties in DLC, we spin coat the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with different solution on (100) silicon. DLC was deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) with C2H2and H2. The results show that the ID/IGratio is increasing with higher CNTs content while the friction coefficient and critical load are decreasing with larger CNTs contents. The decreasing friction coefficient results from graphitation on the surface due to higher sp2content. The decreasing critical load is attributed to higher internal stress. The effect of friction coefficient and CNT concentration on stress distribution is studied by a nanoscratch finite element analysis. The results indicate that low friction coefficient and high CNT concentration will reduce the stress magnitude in the film. Therefore, the decreasing friction coefficient in CNT doped DLC film with increasing CNT concentration should reduce stress in the film and is good for adhesion. The discrepancy between friction coefficient and critical load is explained in terms of high internal stress during deposition. A surface treatment on CNT before deposition to reduce internal stress is currently under investigation.


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