著者

Shunsuke MURAI Tomohiko MATOBA Christopher T. NELSON Takuya KOMINE Koji FUJITA Xiaoqing PAN Katsuhisa TANAKA

出版者

公益社団法人 日本セラミックス協会

雑誌

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan (ISSN:18820743)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.121, no.1416, pp.710-713, 2013-08-01 (Released:2013-08-01)

参考文献数

21

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We have prepared composites with anisotropic microstructure consisting of silver nanoparticles and zinc oxide pillars using an oblique angle deposition technique, and examined the optical response originating from their anisotropic morphology. The sample was obtained in three steps. First, the assembly of silver nanoparticles was prepared on a silica glass substrate by electron-beam deposition of the silver thin film and subsequent heat treatment. Next, zinc oxide was obliquely grown by using a pulsed laser deposition. Finally the zinc oxide was crystallized by the post annealing to make an array of inclined pillars grown on the top of the silver nanoparticles. The structure and morphology of the composites were elucidated by a combination of X-ray diffraction analysis and transmission electron microscopy. Optical rotation spectroscopy clarifies that the composite shows optical birefringence due to its inclined pillar morphology. The optical rotation spectrum exhibits two peaks, one being associated to the localized surface plasmon resonance of the silver nanoparticles and the other the excitons in the zinc oxide pillars. The present fabrication method is simple and can be applied to obtain anisotropic composites with relatively large dimensions.