Abstract
A simple one-step vapor phase co-deposition at elevated target temperature is employed to generate optical nanocomposites (~100–300 nm) of polymer-based metallic nanoparticles with uniform size and shape. Homogeneously, three dimensionally distributed isolated Ag nanoparticles are produced with appropriate volume filling (~10–30%) in Teflon AF matrix at various co-deposition target temperatures of 120–400 °C. An extremely narrow particle size distribution of ~5–7 nm based on TEM observations is demonstrated. Different ultrathin nanocomposite color filters as a result of plasmon resonance shifting in the UV–VIS wavelength region are also generated.