Synthesis of Ag nanoparticles dispersed in germanium dioxide （GeO2） matrix was performed via sol-gel route. Analysis of the powder X-ray diffraction （XRD） pattern shows fcc cubic unit cell of Ag with lattice param...Synthesis of Ag nanoparticles dispersed in germanium dioxide （GeO2） matrix was performed via sol-gel route. Analysis of the powder X-ray diffraction （XRD） pattern shows fcc cubic unit cell of Ag with lattice parameters： a = 4.0884 A, space group Fm-3m. Energy dispersive analysis of X-rays （EDAX） results show the presence of only GeO2 and Ag in the sample. The average crystallite sizes of Ag particles determined by Scherrer＇s relation are found to be i 8-47 nm. Observed sharp electron paramagnetic resonance （EPR） lineshapes at 8, 70 and 300 K with g-values of 2.004, 2.004, and 2.004, respectively, show that the Ag （5s~） electrons are localized in the Ag nanoparticles. The calculated value of the magnetic susceptibility is 1.014~ 10-5 emu/gG from the observed magnetic moments data at 300 K, which shows fairly strong paramagnetic nature of the material. Refinement of Ag crystal structure in space group Fm-3m with Ag atoms in 4（a） position shows the agreement bond length as 2.8909 ,＆. Calculated density of states below Fermi factors Rp= 67.22%, Rwp= 75.7%, Rexp= 0.06%, Z = 4 and Ag-Ag energy, EF, from -2 to -8 eV are due to valence d orbitals of Ag.展开更多
文摘Synthesis of Ag nanoparticles dispersed in germanium dioxide （GeO2） matrix was performed via sol-gel route. Analysis of the powder X-ray diffraction （XRD） pattern shows fcc cubic unit cell of Ag with lattice parameters： a = 4.0884 A, space group Fm-3m. Energy dispersive analysis of X-rays （EDAX） results show the presence of only GeO2 and Ag in the sample. The average crystallite sizes of Ag particles determined by Scherrer＇s relation are found to be i 8-47 nm. Observed sharp electron paramagnetic resonance （EPR） lineshapes at 8, 70 and 300 K with g-values of 2.004, 2.004, and 2.004, respectively, show that the Ag （5s~） electrons are localized in the Ag nanoparticles. The calculated value of the magnetic susceptibility is 1.014~ 10-5 emu/gG from the observed magnetic moments data at 300 K, which shows fairly strong paramagnetic nature of the material. Refinement of Ag crystal structure in space group Fm-3m with Ag atoms in 4（a） position shows the agreement bond length as 2.8909 ,＆. Calculated density of states below Fermi factors Rp= 67.22%, Rwp= 75.7%, Rexp= 0.06%, Z = 4 and Ag-Ag energy, EF, from -2 to -8 eV are due to valence d orbitals of Ag.
