2002/03/22 by H. Portales, L. Saviot, E. Duval +5
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.65.165422
published as Phys. Rev. B, 65 (2002) 165422 · 3 figures. To be published in Phys. Rev. B
arxiv created 2002/03/22 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Low-frequency Raman scattering experiments have been performed on thin films consisting of nickel-silver composite nanoparticles embedded in alumina matrix. It is observed that the Raman scattering by the quadrupolar modes, strongly enhanced when the light excitation is resonant with the surface dipolar excitation, is mainly governed by the silver electron contribution to the plasmon excitation. The Raman results are in agreement with a core-shell structure of the nanoparticles, the silver shell being loosely bonded to the nickel core.