Combinatorial investigation of the isolated nanoparticle to coalescent layer transition in a gradient sputtered gold nanoparticle layer on top of polystyrene

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Roth, S V ^a   Walter, H ^b   Burghammer, M ^c   Riekel, C ^c   Lengeler, B ^d   Schroer, C ^a,d   Kuhlmann, M ^a,d   Walther, T ^e   Sehrbrock, A ^e   Domnick, R ^f   Muller Buschbaum P ^g  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

^f Identif GmbH   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COALESCENT LAYER TRANSITION; EVAPORATED LAYERS; MICROBEAM; X-RAY SCATTERING;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 30744438294     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2161926     Document Type: Article

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