Influence of Annealing on the Structure of Ultrathin Gold Films on the Surface of Glass and CdS Substrates

Authors A.B. Danylov1, , H.A. Ilchuk1, R.Yu. Petrus1, V.G. Haiduchok2
Affiliations

1Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12, S. Bandera Str., 79013 Lviv, Ukraine

2Scientific Research Company “Carat”, 202, Stryysyka Str., 79031 Lviv, Ukraine

Е-mail andanylov@yahoo.com
Issue Volume 10, Year 2018, Number 5
Dates Received 23 August 2018; revised manuscript received 22 Ovtober 2018; published online 29 October 2018
Citation A.B. Danylov, H.A. Ilchuk, R.Yu. Petrus, V.G. Haiduchok, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 10 No 5, 05011 (2018)
DOI https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.10(5).05011
PACS Number(s) 68.37.Hk, 61.46.Df, 81.40. – z
Keywords Thin films (60) , Annealing (16) , Au (29) , CdS (33) , Scanning electron microscopy (16) , Nanoparticles (70) , Distribution by size.
Annotation

The influence of annealing process on the structure of ultrathin gold films on the surfaces of glass substrates and substrates of CdS is investigated. The formation of nanoparticle arrays as a result of annealing the films on the glass surface was revealed, and analysis of average radii dependence for the formed particles on initial thickness of the film was carried out and shape of the particles analyzed. For annealed Au films on the surface of CdS, the destruction of the film for its initial thickness of 0.5 and 1 nm was noted, and small changes in the surface morphology for thicker films were observed. On the basis of elemental analysis, assumptions about the causes of such temperature behavior of films are made.

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