Ultra-thin gold films on transparent polymers

Nanophotonics

Agnarsson Bjorn¹  Gather Malte C.²  Leosson Kristjan³  Olafsson Sveinn³  Kossoy Anna³  Ingason Arni S.⁴ 

[1] Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden;Institut für Angewandte Photophysik, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany;Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, IS107 Reykjavik, Iceland;Thin Film Physics, Department of Physics (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden;

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

DOI  :  10.1515/nanoph-2012-0030

来源: DOAJ

【 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】

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