Günendi, M.C.Tanyeli I.Akgüç G.B.Bek, A.Turan, R.Gülseren O.2016-02-082016-02-08201310944087http://hdl.handle.net/11693/20885The effects of substrates with technological interest for solar cell industry are examined on the plasmonic properties of Ag nanoparticles fabricated by dewetting technique. Both surface matching (boundary element) and propagator (finite difference time domain) methods are used in numerical simulations to describe plasmonic properties and to interpret experimental data. The uncertainty on the locations of nanoparticles by the substrate in experiment is explained by the simulations of various Ag nanoparticle configurations. The change in plasmon resonance due to the location of nanoparticles with respect to the substrate, interactions among them, their shapes, and sizes as well as dielectric properties of substrate are discussed theoretically and implications of these for the experiment are deliberated. ©2013 Optical Society of America.EnglishBoundary element methodDielectric propertiesExperimentsFinite difference time domain methodNanoparticlesSolar cellsSubstratesTime domain analysisAg nanoparticleDe-wettingExperimental datumLarge-area solar cellsPlasmon resonancesPlasmonic propertiesSurface matchingSilvermetal nanoparticlesilvermetal nanoparticlesilverchemical phenomenachemistrycomputer aided designcomputer simulationdevice failure analysisdevicesequipment designlightpower supplyradiation responseradiation scatteringsolar energysurface plasmon resonancetheoretical modelultrastructurewettabilityarticlechemistryequipmentequipment failureradiation exposuresurface plasmon resonanceultrastructureComputer SimulationComputer-Aided DesignElectric Power SuppliesEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLightMetal NanoparticlesModels, TheoreticalScattering, RadiationSilverSolar EnergySurface Plasmon ResonanceWettabilityComputer SimulationComputer-Aided DesignElectric Power SuppliesEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLightMetal NanoparticlesModels, TheoreticalScattering, RadiationSilverSolar EnergySurface Plasmon ResonanceWettabilityArticle10.1364/OE.21.018344