FABRICATION OF NANOPARTICLE CONTAINING MULTILAYERED ULTRA-THIN FILMS

The study presents preparation and characterization of layer-by-layer assembled ultra-thin films. The versatility of layer-by-layer approach gives opportunity to prepare these ultra-thin films with different building blocks and investigate them using several spectroscopic techniques. The study focuses on characterization of layer-by- layer deposited ultra-thin polyelectrolyte layers on Si/SiO2 substrate by XPS, incorporation of Au and/or Ag nanoparticles in between polyelectrolyte layers using LbL deposition and investigation of their optical responses by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and incorporation of Au ions into layer-by-layer assembled polyelectrolyte multilayers via ion- exchange and their subsequent reduction.

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Can P nar Cönger was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1984. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from Bilkent University, in 2007 and 2009, respectively. Her dissertation was on preparing ultra-thin metal nanoparticle containing polyelectrolyte films, and their investigation using several spectroscopic techniques. She lives in Turkey.