Acoustic vibrations of a silica-embedded gold nanoparticle: elastic anisotropy

Daniel B. Murray, S. Dhara, T. R. Ravindran +4

Spherical gold nanoclusters are grown by 1.8 MeV Au++ ion implantation into an amorphous silica matrix and subsequent air annealing at 873 K. Ultraviolet and visible light absorpti…