Abstract

Abstract Magnesium aluminate spinel crystals (MgAl 2 O 4 (1 1 0)) deposited with 30 nm Cu film on surface were implanted with 110 keV Ar-ions to a fluence of 1.0 × 10 17 ions/cm 2 at 350 °C, and then annealed in vacuum condition at the temperature of 500, 600, 700, 800 and 900 °C for 1 h, respectively. Ultraviolet–visible spectrometry (UV–VIS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Rutherford backscattering (RBS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were adopted to analyze the specimens. After implantation, the appearance of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorbance peak in the UV–VIS spectrum indicated the formation of Cu nanoparticles, and the TEM results for 500 °C also confirmed the formation of Cu nanoparticles at near-surface region. In annealing process, The SPR absorbance intensity increased at 500 and 700 °C, decreased with a blue shift of the peak position at 600 and 800 °C, and the peak disappeared at 900 °C. The SPR absorbance intensity evolution with temperature was discussed combined with other measurement results (RBS, SEM and TEM).

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