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Synthesis and Overall Photophysical Characterization of SiO₂:(Ag/SiO₂) Nanostructured Sonogel Hybrid Glasses

Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CCADET-UNAM; Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, A.P. 70-186, Delegación Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, México D.F., México

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Rodolfo Zanella

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Abstract

Bulk SiO₂-based inorganic–inorganic sonogel (SG) hybrid glasses were fabricated with Ag/SiO₂ supported metal nanoparticles (MNPs). The catalyst-free SG route was implemented to produce these optically active nanostructured composites by doping the liquid sol-phase with Ag/SiO₂ synthesized according to the deposition–precipitation method. As prepared Ag/SiO₂-MNPs exhibited particle diameters below 10 nm and homogeneous size distribution. The easy and homogeneous Ag/SiO₂ loading within the micro/mesoporous SiO₂-SG network has evidenced the guest–host chemical affinity of these systems. This fact allowed us to fabricate outstanding chemically, photo-physically and mechanically stable bulk hybrid monoliths with controllable geometry and doping rates, suitable for linear and nonlinear optical (NLO)–spectroscopic characterizations. Indeed, the hosting SG matrix provided an elevated thermal and mechanical stability protecting the reactive Ag nanoparticles from environment conditions, diminishing their tendency to from aggregates and, above all, preserving their pristine photophysical properties. Comprehensive morphological, structural, spectroscopic and NLO characterizations were performed on the obtained SiO₂:(Ag/SiO₂) hybrid composites. Results have shown that the nanocrystalline (NC) properties, multipolar nature and small sizes of the implemented Ag/SiO₂-nanoparticles, together with the bulk guest–host mechanical interactions, play a crucial role for the observation of outstanding spectroscopic and quadratic NLO properties of the developed hybrid systems.

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