ABSTRACT
The subject and content of this chapter continue and significantly add to the material in previous chapter. It is a continuation because we start with the formation of the noble metal nanophase in the first step, and it is an addition because crystalline nanophases are subsequently produced from the initially formed noble metal particles formed by the method described in Chapter 2. In other words, the photosensitively formed Ag and Au nanoparticles can act as the nuclei for the growth of a variety of crystalline nanophases from the glass matrix. This class of photosensitively produced nanophase materials was initially discovered by S. Donald Stookey while working at the Corning Incorporated (formerly Corning Glass Works) research laboratory in the early 1950s.
