Theory of the kinetics of luminescence and its temperature dependence for Ag nanoclusters dispersed in a glass host

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2013 Oct 14;15(38):15949-53. doi: 10.1039/c3cp52681j. Epub 2013 Aug 16.

Abstract

We have measured and fitted the kinetics of luminescence of Ag nanoclusters homogeneously dispersed within the bulk of an oxyfluoride glass, with various sample temperatures. The balance equations for the populations of the excited singlet and triplet states of the Ag nanoclusters are proposed and used in this fitting while taking into account inter-system crossing between the singlet and triplet states and their wavelength dependent spontaneous decay to the ground singlet state. The involved energy barriers and rate constants and spontaneous emission cross-sections for the excited singlet and triplet states are evaluated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Glass / chemistry*
  • Kinetics
  • Luminescent Measurements
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Silver / chemistry*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Silver