Effects of the nanostructuring of gold films upon their thermal stability

Bowker, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5075-1089, Carley, Albert Frederick, Davies, Philip Rosser ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4394-766X, Morgan, David John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-5731, Crouch, Jonathan James, Lalev, Georgi Maximov, Dimov, Stefan Simeonov and Pham, Duc Truong 2010. Effects of the nanostructuring of gold films upon their thermal stability. Acs Nano 4 (4) , pp. 2228-2232. 10.1021/nn901614e

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Abstract

We report results relating to the thermal stability of nanoparticles and show a remarkable effect of nanostructuring of the metal. Au films are nanostructured by focused ion beam sputtering (FIB) to produce isolated areas of metal, which are imaged by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Images of the surface show that, if the islands are made small enough, the metal in the islands is lost by evaporation, whereas the nonfabricated areas outside are relatively stable and the nanoparticles remain present there.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering Chemistry Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI)
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	FIB; gold nanoparticles; nanostructured gold films; thermal stability of nanoparticles; vaporization; nanoparticle imaging; AFM
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
ISSN:	1936-0851
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2023 01:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/9812

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