Lithuanian Journal of Physics article / Lietuvos fizikos žurnalo straipsnis

DEPOSITION OF COLLOIDAL METAL NANOPARTICLES ON ZINC OXIDE NANORODS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON VISIBLE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
Dilafruz Kulmatova^a,b, Margarita Baitimirova^a, Uldis Malinovskis^a, Chiung-Fen Chang^c, Yesong Gu^d, Asta Tamulevičienė^e, Donats Erts^a,f, and Juris Prikulis^a
^aInstitute of Chemical Physics, University of Latvia, 19 Raina Blvd., 1586 Riga, Latvia
^bNational University of Uzbekistan, Vuzgorodok, 100174 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
^cDepartment of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tunghai University, 40704 Taichung, Taiwan
^dDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tunghai University, 40704 Taichung, Taiwan
^eInstitute of Materials Science, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Baršausko 59, 51423 Kaunas, Lithuania
^fDepartment of Chemistry, University of Latvia, 19 Raina Blvd., 1586 Riga, Latvia
Email: juris.prikulis@lu.lv

Received 18 December 2020; revised 12 April 2021; accepted 15 April 2021

We examine the influence of colloidal Au and Ag nanoparticles (NP) on hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods (NR). Individual 60 nm diameter NP and small NP assemblies without formation of large aggregates were deposited on poly-L-lysine covered NR films using the dip-coating method. The evaluation of morphological and optical properties of the obtained ZnO-metal hybrids was done using scanning electron microscopy, photoluminescence (PL) аnd diffuse reflection spectroscopy. The presence of Au NP selectively suppressed the PL components near 560 nm wavelength associated with ZnO surface defects, whereas equally sized Ag NP resulted in a much smaller change of PL signal, barely above the noise level. The presented results may be useful for tuning the optical properties of hybrid materials in development of sensor or photovoltaic devices.

Keywords: ZnO nanostructures, plasmonic metal nanoparticles, templated deposition, dip coating
PACS: 73.20.Mf, 82.70.Dd, 78.55.-m

KOLOIDINIŲ METALO NANODALELIŲ NUSODINIMAS ANT CINKO OKSIDO NANOSTRYPELIŲ IR JŲ ĮTAKA REGIMAJAI FOTOLIUMINESCENCIJAI
Dilafruz Kulmatova^a,b, Margarita Baitimirova^a, Uldis Malinovskis^a, Chiung-Fen Chang^c, Yesong Gu^d, Asta Tamulevičienė^e, Donats Erts^a,f, Juris Prikulis^a

^aLatvijos universiteto Cheminės fizikos institutas, Ryga, Latvija
^bUzbekistano nacionalinis universitetas, Taškentas, Uzbekistanas
^cTunghai universiteto Aplinkos mokslo ir inžinerijos fakultetas, Taichungas, Taivanas
^dTunghai universiteto Chemijos ir medžiagų inžinerijos fakultetas, Taichungas, Taivanas
^eKauno technologijos universiteto Medžiagų mokslo institutas, Kaunas, Lietuva
^fLatvijos universiteto Chemijos fakultetas, Ryga, Latvija

Analizuota koloidinių aukso (Au) ir sidabro (Ag) nanodalelių įtaka hidrotermiškai užaugintų ZnO nanostrypelių optinėms savybėms. Individualios 60 nm skersmens nanodalelės ir jų mažos sankaupos išvengiant didelių agregatų buvo nusodintos ant poli-L-lizinu padengtų nanostrypelių nardinimo būdu. Suformuotų ZnO-metalo hibridų morfologija ir optinės savybės buvo įvertintos naudojantis atitinkamai skenuojančiu elektronų mikroskopu bei fotoliuminescencijos ir difuzinio atspindžio spektroskopijomis. Nustatyta, kad Au nanodalelės selektyviai slopina ZnO nanostrypelių fotoliuminescencijos signalą ties 560 nm, kuris susijęs su ZnO paviršiniais defektais. Tuo tarpu vienodo dydžio Ag nanodalelės turėjo tik nežymią įtaką fotoliuminescencijos signalui. Pristatomi rezultatai gali būti naudingi valdant hibridinių medžiagų optines savybes tobulinant jutiklius ar fotovoltinius prietaisus.

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