Author Affiliations
1School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi , Xinjiang 830054, China2Key Laboratory of Mineral Luminescent Material and Microstructure of Xinjiang, Urumqi , Xinjiang 830054, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic of light extinction of particle medium
Fig. 2. Extinction spectra of monodisperse Au-Ag alloy nanospheres with different particle sizes
Fig. 3. Variation curve of resonance wavelength with particle size of monodisperse Au-Ag alloy nanospheres
Fig. 4. Variation curve of absorbance ratio of two different wavelengths with particle size, λ2 ranges fixed at 400 nm. (a) λ1 ranges from 350-450 nm; (b) λ1 ranges from 450-550 nm; (c) λ1 ranges from 550-650 nm
Fig. 5. Variation curve of absorbance ratio of two different wavelengths with particle size, λ2 ranges fixed at 600 nm. (a) λ1 ranges from 350-450 nm; (b) λ1 ranges from 450-550 nm; (c) λ1 ranges from 550-650 nm
Fig. 6. Variation curve and fitted curve of the absorbance ratio with particle size of monodisperse Au-Ag alloy nanospheres at two fixed wavelengths
Fig. 7. Variation curve of the absorbance ratio of resonance wavelength to wavelength λ2 with particle size. (a) λ2 ranges from 350-450 nm; (b) λ2 ranges from 450-550 nm; (c) λ2 ranges from 550-650 nm
Fig. 8. Variation curve and fitted curve of the ratio of absorbance at resonance wavelength to 650 nm wavelength with particle size of monodisperse Au-Ag alloy nanospheres
Fig. 9. Variation curve and fitted curve of resonance wavelengths with minimum particle size of monodisperse Au-Ag alloy nanospheres
Metal | Au | Au-Ag | Ag |
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ωp /eV | 8.9234 | 9.0218 | 8.5546 | Γp /eV | 0.042389 | 0.16713 | 0.022427 | ε∞ | 2.2715 | 2.2838 | 1.7381 | ωg1 /eV | 2.6652 | 3.0209 | 4.0575 | ω01 /eV | 2.3957 | 2.7976 | 3.9260 | Γ1 /eV | 0.1788 | 0.18833 | 0.017723 | A1 | 73.251 | 22.996 | 51.217 | ω02 /eV | 3.5362 | 3.3400 | 4.1655 | Γ2 /eV | 0.35467 | 0.68309 | 0.18819 | A2 | 40.007 | 57.540 | 30.770 |
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Table 1. Fitted parameters of the dielectric function of Au-Ag alloy
D | λres | D | λres | D | λres |
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20 | 454.5 | 54 | 471.2 | 88 | 506.2 | 22 | 455.0 | 56 | 472.7 | 90 | 508.8 | 24 | 455.5 | 58 | 474.4 | 92 | 511.5 | 26 | 456.1 | 60 | 476.1 | 94 | 514.2 | 28 | 456.8 | 62 | 477.8 | 96 | 517.0 | 30 | 457.5 | 64 | 479.6 | 98 | 519.8 | 32 | 458.3 | 66 | 481.5 | 100 | 522.7 | 34 | 459.1 | 68 | 483.5 | 102 | 525.7 | 36 | 460.1 | 70 | 485.5 | 104 | 528.8 | 38 | 461.0 | 72 | 487.5 | 106 | 531.9 | 40 | 462.1 | 74 | 489.7 | 108 | 535.1 | 42 | 463.2 | 76 | 491.9 | 110 | 538.3 | 44 | 464.3 | 78 | 494.1 | 112 | 541.7 | 46 | 465.6 | 80 | 496.4 | 114 | 545.1 | 48 | 466.9 | 82 | 498.8 | 116 | 548.6 | 50 | 468.2 | 84 | 501.2 | 118 | 552.1 | 52 | 469.7 | 86 | 503.7 | 120 | 555.8 |
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Table 2. Resonance wavelengths of monodisperse Au-Ag alloy nanospheres with different particle sizes
Method | D /nm | S |
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Resonance wavelength method | 10-120 | 0.93 | Dual-wavelength extinction method | 29-120 | 0.17 | Improved dual-wavelength extinction method | 30-120 | 0.30 |
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Table 3. Particle size range and sensitivity of the three methods