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Laser Printing of Plasmonic Nanosponges

Version 1 : Received: 15 November 2020 / Approved: 16 November 2020 / Online: 16 November 2020 (15:27:14 CET)

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Syubaev, S.; Gurbatov, S.; Modin, E.; Linklater, D.P.; Juodkazis, S.; Gurevich, E.L.; Kuchmizhak, A. Laser Printing of Plasmonic Nanosponges. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2427. Syubaev, S.; Gurbatov, S.; Modin, E.; Linklater, D.P.; Juodkazis, S.; Gurevich, E.L.; Kuchmizhak, A. Laser Printing of Plasmonic Nanosponges. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2427.

Abstract

Three-dimensional porous nanostructures made of noble metals represent novel class of nanomaterials promising for nonlinear nanooptics and sensors. Such nanostructures are typically fabricated using either reproducible yet time-consuming and costly multi-step lithography protocols or less reproducible chemical synthesis that involve liquid processing with toxic compounds. Here, we combined scalable nanosecond-laser ablation with advanced engineering of the chemical composition of thin substrate-supported Au films to produce nanobumps containing multiple nanopores inside. Most of the nanopores hidden beneath the nanobump surface can be further uncapped using gentle etching of the nanobumps by an Ar-ion beam to form functional 3D plasmonic nanosponges. The nanopores 10-150~nm in diameter were found to appear via laser-induced explosive evaporation/boiling and coalescence of the randomly arranged nucleation sites formed by nitrogen-rich areas of the Au films. Density of the nanopores can be controlled by the amount of the nitrogen in the Au films regulated in the process of their magnetron sputtering assisted with nitrogen-containing discharge gas.

Keywords

laser ablation; noble-metal films; magnetron sputtering; nanosecond laser pulses; porous nanostructures; plasmonics; nanosponges

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Biomaterials

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