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Characterization of silver-polymer core-shell nanoparticles using electron microscopy

Journal Contribution - Journal Article

Silver-polymer coreshell nanoparticles show interesting optical properties, making them widely applicable in the field of plasmonics. The uniformity, thickness and homogeneity of the polymer shell will affect the properties of the system which makes a thorough structural characterization of these coreshell silver-polymer nanoparticles of great importance. However, visualizing the shell and the particle simultaneously is far from straightforward due to the sensitivity of the polymer shell towards the electron beam. In this study, we use different 2D and 3D electron microscopy techniques to investigate different structural aspects of the polymer coating.
Journal: Nanoscale
ISSN: 2040-3364
Volume: 10
Pages: 9186 - 9191
Publication year:2018