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Dielectrics

Formation and properties of metallic nanoparticles in lithium and sodium fluorides with radiation-induced color centers

L. I. Bryukvina, E. F. Martynovich

Institute of Lazer Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk Branch

Abstract: The specific features of light- and temperature-induced formation of metallic nanoparticles in $\gamma$-irradiated LiF and NaF crystals have been investigated. Atomic force microscope images of nanoparticles of different sizes and in different locations have been presented. The relation between the crystal processing regimes and properties of the nanoparticles formed has been revealed. The optical properties of the processed crystals have been analyzed. The thermo- and light-stimulated processes underlying the formation of metallic nanoparticles in aggregation of the color centers and their decay due to the recovery of the crystal lattice have been studied.

Received: 23.04.2012

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2012, 54:12, 2374–2379

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