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The chemical compositions of Ag-Er co-doped phosphate and silicate glasses were investigated with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy with the purpose to identify the chemical state of silver. The analysis of the Ag 3d core lines show the presence of nanometer-sized silver particles in each of the annealed samples, even if these Ag 3d lines appear to be very different from each other. We explain these results as a different interaction of silver with the two glasses matrix, which leads to a different nucleation rate of the Ag clusters.
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This work was partially supported by MIUR-FIRB (RBNE012N3X-005) and by PAT-FAPVU projects.
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Minati, L., Speranza, G., Anderle, M. et al. Assessment of nanocomposite photonic systems with the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Optoelectron. Lett. 3, 192–194 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-007-6200-6
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