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- - The study investigates how different substrates affect the plasmonic properties of silver (Ag) nanoparticles that are made using a dewetting technique, which is significant for the solar cell industry.
- - Numerical simulations are employed using two methods—surface matching and finite difference time domain—to understand the plasmonic characteristics and reconcile experimental findings.
- - The research covers how factors like nanoparticle positioning, interactions, shapes, sizes, and the dielectric properties of the substrate influence plasmon resonance, and discusses the experimental implications of these findings.
Article Abstract
The effects of substrates with technological interest for solar cell industry are examined on the plasmonic properties of Ag nanoparticles fabricated by dewetting technique. Both surface matching (boundary element) and propagator (finite difference time domain) methods are used in numerical simulations to describe plasmonic properties and to interpret experimental data. The uncertainty on the locations of nanoparticles by the substrate in experiment is explained by the simulations of various Ag nanoparticle configurations. The change in plasmon resonance due to the location of nanoparticles with respect to the substrate, interactions among them, their shapes, and sizes as well as dielectric properties of substrate are discussed theoretically and implications of these for the experiment are deliberated.
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