The direct writing of plasmonic gold nanostructures by electron-beam- induced deposition

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 22-23, 2011, Pages 2657-2661

  Höflich, Katja ^a,b   Yang, Ren Bin ^a   Berger, Andreas ^a,b   Leuchs, Gerd ^c,d   Christiansen, Silke ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron beam induced deposition; gold nanostructures; metal nanostructures; nanofabrication

Indexed keywords

ACETYLACETONATES; CARBON CONTAMINATION; DIRECT WRITING; ELECTRON BEAM-INDUCED DEPOSITION; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; GOLD STRUCTURES; INDUCED DEPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURES; METAL NANOSTRUCTURES; OZONE TREATMENT; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC DEVICES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS;

GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; METAMATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OZONE; PLASMONS;

GOLD COATINGS;

ACETYL ACETONATE; ALKANONE; CARBON; GOLD; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; NANOMATERIAL; OZONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBON; ELECTRONS; GOLD; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; PENTANONES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79959466211     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201004114     Document Type: Article

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