Annealing effects on the plasmonic excitations of metal/metal interfaces

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 6038-6042

  Politano, A ^a   Formoso, V ^a,b   Chiarello, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c CNISM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium; Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS); Gold; Silver; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM; COPPER ALLOYS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; METALLIC FILMS; PLASMONICS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN FILMS;

ANNEALING EFFECTS; ANNEALING PROCEDURES; AU CU ALLOY; AU SURFACES; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; NANOSCALE THIN FILMS; RED-SHIFTED;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 61449207007     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.01.062     Document Type: Article

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