Quasi-aligned gold nanodots on a nanorippled silica surface: Experimental and atomistic simulation investigations

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Khan, Saif A ^a   Avasthi, Devesh K ^a   Agarwal, Dinesh C ^a   Singh, Udai B ^a   Kabiraj, Debdulal ^a  

^a INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; ARGON ATOMS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; AU FILM; FLAT SURFACES; GOLD NANODOTS; KINETIC LATTICE MONTE CARLO; NANODOTS; NANORIPPLES; OBLIQUE DEPOSITION; OPTIMAL THICKNESS; SILICA SUBSTRATE; SILICA SURFACE;

ANNEALING; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SILICA;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 79954590086     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/23/235305     Document Type: Article

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