Repeated Solid-state Dewetting of Thin Gold Films for Nanogap-rich Plasmonic Nanoislands

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kang, Minhee ^a   Park, Sang Gil ^a   Jeong, Ki Hun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84944345238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14790     Document Type: Article

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