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Fabrication and Characterization of Large-Area Unpatterned and Patterned Plasmonic Gold Nanostructures

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We report fabrication of Au nanoisland films on different substrates by thermally annealing a sputtered Au nanolayer and investigation of their structure, morphology, and optical properties. It was found that high-temperature annealing leads to transformation of the initial, continuous film into the forms of hillock and isolated island film. The final nanoisland films exhibit remarkably enhanced and localized plasmon resonance spectra with respect to the original sputtered film. The strong dependence of the resonance band spectra of the resulting structures on the annealing temperature and supporting substrate is presented and analyzed, suggesting that both of these factors could be used to tune the optical spectroscopic properties of such structures. Moreover, we propose and demonstrate a novel and effective approach for fabrication of patterned Au structures by thermally annealing the Au layer deposited onto modulated-surface substrates. The experimental results indicate that this method could become a promising approach for manufacturing plasmonic array structures, which have been extensively investigated and widely applied in many fields.

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The authors acknowledge Mr. Arnaud Brosseau and Mr. Joseph Lautru for their support in AFM and SEM measurements, respectively.

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  1. Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, UMR 8537, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 94235, Cachan, France

    Minh Thanh Do, Quang Cong Tong, Mai Hoang Luong, Alexander Lidiak, Isabelle Ledoux-Rak & Ngoc Diep Lai

  2. Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Minh Thanh Do

  3. Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Do, M.T., Tong, Q.C., Luong, M.H. et al. Fabrication and Characterization of Large-Area Unpatterned and Patterned Plasmonic Gold Nanostructures. J. Electron. Mater. 45, 2347–2353 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-015-4291-6

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