Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
10-31-1994
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering Science- (M.S.)
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Haim Grebel
Second Advisor
Roland A. Levy
Third Advisor
David S. Kristol
Abstract
This study is concerned with the fabrication of films made of gold, nickel, and silicon clusters dispersed in a polymeric matrix. The films were fabricated by use of metal or semiconductor sputtering and plasma polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate monomer in a capacitively coupled RF (13.56 MHz) sputtering system. Optical transmittance and optical reflectance were measured as a function of wavelength. The optical absorption of metal or silicon clusters was studied as a function of cluster size. Cluster size and content were determined from Transmission Electron Micrographs (TEM). The absorption band resulting from a plasma resonance in the clusters was found to be shifted to the longer wavelengths as the metal cluster size and volume fraction increased. For gold, a linear relationship was obtained between the wavelength of the absorption peak and the deposition time, while, for nickel it was nonlinear. Overall, the clusters seemed to maintain their bulk properties in addition to size related plasma resonances.
Recommended Citation
Shilpee, Nazneen Karim, "Artificial dielectric materials : synthesis and optical characterization of small metal clusters embedded in polymeric matrix" (1994). Theses. 1892.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/1892
