Control of Separation and Diameter of Ag Nanorods through Self-organized Seeds

Authors

Paul R. Elliott, University of Connecticut
Stephen P. Stagon, University of North FloridaFollow
Hanchen Huang, Northeastern University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-20-2015

Abstract

This paper proposes a mechanism of controlling the diameter and separation of metallic nanorods from physical vapor deposition through self-organized seeds and experimentally demonstrates the feasibility using Ag as the prototype metal, In as the seed, and Si the substrate. Being non-wetting on Si substrates, deposited In atoms self-organize into islands. Subsequently deposited Ag atoms attach to In islands, rather than to Si substrates, due to preferential bonding and geometrical shadowing. The experimental results show that self-organized In seeds of 5nm nominal thickness give rise to the best separation and the smallest diameter of Ag nanorods.

Publication Title

Scientific Reports

Volume

5

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1038/srep16826

E-ISSN

20452322

Citation Information

Elliott, Stagon, S. P., & Huang, H. (2015). Control of Separation and Diameter of Ag Nanorods through Self-organized Seeds. Scientific Reports, 5(1), 16826–16826. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16826