Chapter 5: DC Electric field-assisted formation of percolated silver nanolayers inside glass: Observations

In the previous chapters it was shown that how a combination of a DC electric field and moderately elevated temperatures to a silver-doped nanocomposite glass could lead to dissolution of the silver nanoparticles in the glass matrix. From a macroscopic point of view, this effect was called “electric field-assisted dissolution” (EFAD). The phenomenon was physically interpreted in terms of ionization of the metal nanoclusters followed by the removal of ions from the clusters and their drift in the depth of the glass substrate.