Juan Badan

Dr. Juan Badan


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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 February 2022 in Nanomaterials
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JBJuan Badan
Juan Badan
ENElena Navarrete-Astorga
Elena Navarrete-Astorga
Rodrigo HenríquezRodrigo Henríquez
Rodrigo Henríquez
FJFrancisco Martín Jiménez
Francisco Martín Jiménez
DADaniel Ariosa
Daniel Ariosa
EDEnrique Dalchiele
Enrique Dalchiele
Silver nanoparticles (NPs) on glass substrates were obtained by a solid-state thermal dewetting (SSD) process using vacuum-evaporated-silver precursor layers. An exhaustive investigation of the morphological, structural, and surface chemistry properties by systematically controlling the precursor film thickness, annealing temperature, and time was conducted. Thin silver films with thicknesses of 40 and 80 nm were deposited and annealed in air by applying a combined heat-up+constant temperature–time program. Temperatures from 300 to 500 °C and times from 0 to 50 min were assayed. SSD promoted the morphological modification of the films, leading to the Ag NPs having a discrete structure. The size, shape, surface density, and inter-nanoparticle distance of the nanoparticles depended on the initial film thickness, annealing temperature, and time, exhibiting a cubic silver structure with a (111) preferred crystallographic orientation. The prepared NPs were found to be highly enriched in the Ag{111}/Ag{110}/Ag{100} equilibrium facets. SSD not only promotes NP formation but also promotes the partial oxidation from Ag to AgO at the surface level. AgO was detected on the surface around the nanoparticles synthesized at 500 °C. Overall, a broad framework has been established that connects process factors to distinguish resultant Ag NP features in order to develop unique silver nanoparticles for specific applications.

13 March 2015 in Journal of Materials Research
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JBJuan Badan
Juan Badan
RMRicardo E. Marotti
Ricardo E. Marotti
EDEnrique A. Dalchiele
Enrique A. Dalchiele
DADaniel Ariosa
Daniel Ariosa
FMFrancisco Martín
Francisco Martín
JRJOSE RAMOS-BARRADO
JOSE RAMOS-BARRADO