Effect of Gold Nanoparticles on the Crystallization and Optical Properties of Glass in ZnO-MgO-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-SiO<sub>2</sub> System
Georgiy Shakhgildyan,
Veniamin Durymanov,
Mariam Ziyatdinova,
Grigoriy Atroshchenko,
Nikita Golubev,
Alexey Trifonov,
Olga Chereuta,
Leon Avakyan,
Lusegen Bugaev,
Vladimir Sigaev
Affiliations
Georgiy Shakhgildyan
Department of Glass and Glass-ceramics, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya Sq., 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Veniamin Durymanov
Physical Department, Southern Federal University, Zorge Street 5, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Mariam Ziyatdinova
Department of Glass and Glass-ceramics, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya Sq., 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Grigoriy Atroshchenko
Department of Glass and Glass-ceramics, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya Sq., 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Nikita Golubev
Department of Glass and Glass-ceramics, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya Sq., 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Alexey Trifonov
Institute of Physics and Applied Mathematics, National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET), Shokin Square, Bld. 1, Zelenograd, 124498 Moscow, Russia
Olga Chereuta
Department of Glass and Glass-ceramics, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya Sq., 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Leon Avakyan
Physical Department, Southern Federal University, Zorge Street 5, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Lusegen Bugaev
Physical Department, Southern Federal University, Zorge Street 5, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Vladimir Sigaev
Department of Glass and Glass-ceramics, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya Sq., 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Gold nanoparticles precipitated in transparent glass-ceramics could pave the way for the development of multifunctional materials that are in demand in modern photonics and optics. In this work, we explored the effect of gold nanoparticles on the crystallization, microstructure, and optical properties of ZnO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass containing TiO2 and ZrO2 as nucleating agents. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, Raman, and optical spectroscopy were used for the study. We showed that gold nanoparticles have no effect on the formation of gahnite nanocrystals during the glass heat treatments, while optical properties of the glass-ceramics are strongly dependent on the gold addition. A computational model was developed to predict optical properties of glass during the crystallization, and the possibility for adjusting the localized surface plasmon resonance band position with the heat treatment temperature was shown.
