A rapid approach to reproducible, atomically flat gold films on mica Export

@article{Nogues2004, abstract = {A simple and reproducible method for the preparation of gold films on mica with large (typically 0.8–1.0 μm) atomically flat (1 1 1) terraces is described. The procedure involves thin gold film evaporation onto freshly cleaved mica substrates, followed by 1 min annealing at 650 °C under nitrogen. The annealed gold surfaces are compared to those of freshly evaporated gold films on mica using cyclic voltammetry and atomic force microscopy. Our results favorably compare to other published annealing techniques, with minimal equipment and time necessary to reproducibly obtain atomically flat gold terraces.}, author = {Nogues, C. and Wanunu, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {6089305}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2004.10.019}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0039602804013275}, day = {20}, doi = {10.1016/j.susc.2004.10.019}, issn = {00396028}, journal = {Surface Science}, keywords = {afm, microscopy, sample-preparation, surfaces}, month = {December}, number = {3}, pages = {L383--L389}, posted-at = {2009-11-09 16:25:11}, priority = {0}, title = {A rapid approach to reproducible, atomically flat gold films on mica}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2004.10.019}, volume = {573}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - Nogues2004 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6089305 N2 - A simple and reproducible method for the preparation of gold films on mica with large (typically 0.8–1.0 μm) atomically flat (1 1 1) terraces is described. The procedure involves thin gold film evaporation onto freshly cleaved mica substrates, followed by 1 min annealing at 650 °C under nitrogen. The annealed gold surfaces are compared to those of freshly evaporated gold films on mica using cyclic voltammetry and atomic force microscopy. Our results favorably compare to other published annealing techniques, with minimal equipment and time necessary to reproducibly obtain atomically flat gold terraces. IS - 3 JF - Surface Science SN - 00396028 EP - L389 TI - A rapid approach to reproducible, atomically flat gold films on mica VL - 573 SP - L383 KW - afm KW - microscopy KW - sample-preparation KW - surfaces AU - Nogues, C AU - Wanunu, M PY - 2004/12/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2004.10.019 ER -