Realization of thermally durable close-packed 2D gold nanoparticle arrays using self-assembly and plasma etching

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 25, 2012, Pages

  Sivaraman, Sankar K ^a   Santhanam, Venugopal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SER; ENERGY GENERATIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; GOLD-NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; MACRO SCALE; MODULAR PROCESS; NANO-SCALE IMAGING; NANOPARTICLE ARRAY; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; OPERATING PRESSURE; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PAPER SUBSTRATE; PROBE MOLECULES; RF-POWER; SELF-ASSEMBLED ARRAYS; SELF-ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE; SERS SUBSTRATE; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SOLID SURFACE; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); THERMAL DURABILITY; THERMAL-ANNEALING; UNIFORM ARRAY;

DURABILITY; LIGANDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMA ETCHING; PLASMAS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICON WAFERS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84861865454     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/25/255603     Document Type: Article

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