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  • Topological analysis for Au nanoparticles distributed in an Au/SiO2 composite film by co-sputtering
  • Dae-Gun Kima,*, Young Jung Leea, Naoto Koshizakib and Young Do Kima
  • a Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang Univerisity,Seoul 133-791, Korea b Nanoarchitectonics Research Center (NARC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8562, Japan
Abstract
Various Au/SiO2 nanocomposite films were prepared by a co-sputtering method while controlling the number of Au wires, sputtering power, and sputtering time for the Au nanoparticulate monolayer films. The Au area fractions, Au mean particle sizes, and number densities for the Au nanoparticles of each Au/SiO2 nanocomposite film were measured by image analysis of FE-SEM micrographs. Interparticle distances of Au nanoparticles were calculated using geometrical relationships.

Keywords: Au nanoparticle, Au/SiO2 nanocomposite, Co-sputtering, Topology, Interparticle distance, Image analysis.

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  • 2008; 9(2): 158-161

    Published on Apr 30, 2008