| Issue |
EPL
Volume 80, Number 6, December 2007
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| Article Number | 67003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/80/67003 | |
| Published online | 06 November 2007 | |
Formation, photoluminescence and charge storage characteristics of Au nanocrystals embedded in amorphous Al2O3 matrix
1
Department of Physics, Jiangxi Normal University - Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, PRC
2
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University - Nanyang Avenue, 639798 Singapore
3
Institute of Microelectronics of Tsinghua University - Beijing 100084, PRC
Corresponding author: clyuan@jxnu.edu.cn
Received:
5
August
2007
Accepted:
15
October
2007
A method to fabricate Au nanocrystals embedded in amorphous Al2O3 matrix has been developed. The formation of spherically shaped Au nanocrystals has been observed using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The Au nanocrystals size distribution is narrow and the average diameters are approximately 5 nm. The photoluminescence and charge storage characteristics of Au nanocrystals embedded in amorphous Al2O3 matrix were investigated. A relatively intense visible photoluminescence was exhibited in the small Au nanocrystals. Good performances in terms of large memory window were also observed.
PACS: 77.55.+f – Dielectric thin films / 78.67.Bf – Nanocrystals and nanoparticles / 78.55.-m – Photoluminescence, properties and materials
© Europhysics Letters Association, 2007
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