Formation and evolution of self-organized Au nanorings on indium-tin-oxide surface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ruffino, F ^a,b   Crupi, I ^b   Simone, F ^a,b   Grimaldi, M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR IMM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; AU NANOCLUSTERS; AU NANORING; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NANO-RING STRUCTURES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SELF-ORGANIZED; SPUTTERING DEPOSITION; SURFACE DENSITY; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GOLD COATINGS; INDIUM; NANORINGS; TIN;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 78751478275     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3536526     Document Type: Article

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