Ultra-thin gold films on transparent polymers

Nanophotonics

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Kristjan Leosson¹  Arni S. Ingason²  Bjorn Agnarsson³  Anna Kossoy¹  Sveinn Olafsson¹  Malte C. Gather⁴ 

[1] Science Institute, University of Iceland;Department of Physics (IFM), Linköping University;Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology;Institut für Angewandte Photophysik

关键词: optical polymers;    surface plasmons;    thin metal films;    transparent electrodes;    X-ray analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nanoph-2012-0030

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

Fabrication of continuous ultra-thin gold films (<10 nm) on the surface of optical polymers (CYCLOTENE and ORMOCLEAR) is reported. Using a range of electrical, optical and structural characterization techniques, we show that polymers can be superior to more conventional (inorganic) materials as optical substrates for realizing ultra-thin gold films. Using these transparent polymer substrates, smooth, patternable gold films can be fabricated with conventional deposition techniques at room temperature, without adhesion or seeding layers, facilitating new photonic and plasmonic nanostructures, including transparent electrical contacts, thin film waveguides, metamaterials, biosensors and high-contrast superlenses.

【 授权许可】

CC BY