Incorporation of silver into borosilicate glasses by a classical staining process

Abstract

Silver was introduced into borosilicate glass by a classical staining process under varying conditions of temperature and time. The spectroscopic features of the stained glasses were examined by studying absorption, photoluminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance properties. The diffusion parameters (diffusion coefficient and diffusion activation energy) of silver ions were calculated based on elemental analysis data from an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrometry, and from line scan profiles from energy dispersion X-ray analysis (EDX).