ASE from polymer films embedded with silver nanowires

Abstract

Silver nanowires (AgNWs) were developed on glass substrate using polyol method at 160 °C. Centrifuge at 1500 rpm for different ratio of ethanol was done to extract the AgNWs. Rhodamine 6G (R6G) was then applied at different thicknesses. Enhanced emission from R6G was observed when the concentrations used are at 40 µL and 20 µL. Overall results indicate promising potential for enhancing plasmon resonances in optical emission by utilising silver nanowires as scatterers and R6G as the gain medium.