Studies of silver diffusion into soda-lime glass using analysis of plasmon evolution

Silver diffused into microscope slides made of an AgNO3/NaNO3 alloy. Surface plasmon resonance of the Ag nanoparticle was analyzed by optical spectroscopy. The mechanism of silver crystal growth was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with X-ray energy diffraction (EDS) technique. The evolution of local surface plasmon resonance was studied by UV-VIS spectroscopy. Samples were also analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ellipsometry.