Le K.Q.Nguyen H.P.T.Ngo Q.M.Canimoglu A.Can N.2024-07-222024-07-22201609258388http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/15853Here we describe the successfully fabrication of metal nanoparticle crystals by implanting copper (Cu) ions into single zinc oxide (ZnO) crystals with ion energy of 400 keV at ion doses of 1 × 1016 to 1 × 1017 ions/cm2. After implantation and post-annealing treatment, the Cu implanted ZnO produces a broad range of luminescence emissions, ranging from green to yellow. A green luminescence peak at 550 nm could be ascribed to the isolated Cu ions. The changes in luminescence emission bands between the initial implant and annealed suggest that the implants give rise to clustering Cu nanoparticles in the host matrix but that the annealing process dissociates these. Numerical modelling of the Cu nanoparticles was employed to simulate their optical properties including the extinction cross section, electron energy loss spectroscopy and cathodoluminescence. We demonstrate that the clustering of nanoparticles generates Fano resonances corresponding to the generation of multiple resonances, while the isolation of nanoparticles results in intensity amplification. © 2016 Elsevier B.V.EnglishAnnealingCopper metallographyCrystalsElectron energy loss spectroscopyElectron scatteringEnergy dissipationFabricationHeavy ionsII-VI semiconductorsIon implantationLuminescenceMetal nanoparticlesOptical propertiesOxide mineralsPlasmonic nanoparticlesPlasmonicsResonanceZinc oxideExtinction cross sectionFano resonancesIntensity amplificationLuminescence emissionMetallic nanoparticlesOptical characterizationPlasmonicPost annealing treatmentCopperArticle10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.02.016