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Title: Characterization of gold nanoparticle films: Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with image analysis, and atomic force microscopy

Abstract

Gold nanoparticle films are of interest in several branches of science and technology, and accurate sample characterization is needed but technically demanding. We prepared such films by DC magnetron sputtering and recorded their mass thickness by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The geometric thickness d{sub g}—from the substrate to the tops of the nanoparticles—was obtained by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) combined with image analysis as well as by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The various techniques yielded an internally consistent characterization of the films. In particular, very similar results for d{sub g} were obtained by SEM with image analysis and by AFM.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Engineering Sciences, The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, P. O. Box 534, SE-751 21 Uppsala (Sweden)
  2. Royal Institute of Technology, KTH-ICT, Elektrum 229, Kista, SE-164 40 Stockholm (Sweden)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22299610
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: (c) 2014 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FILMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETRONS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING; SUBSTRATES; THICKNESS; NANOPARTICLES

Citation Formats

Lansåker, Pia C., E-mail: pia.lansaker@angstrom.uu.se, Niklasson, Gunnar A., Granqvist, Claes G., and Hallén, Anders. Characterization of gold nanoparticle films: Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with image analysis, and atomic force microscopy. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4897340.
Lansåker, Pia C., E-mail: pia.lansaker@angstrom.uu.se, Niklasson, Gunnar A., Granqvist, Claes G., & Hallén, Anders. Characterization of gold nanoparticle films: Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with image analysis, and atomic force microscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897340
Lansåker, Pia C., E-mail: pia.lansaker@angstrom.uu.se, Niklasson, Gunnar A., Granqvist, Claes G., and Hallén, Anders. 2014. "Characterization of gold nanoparticle films: Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with image analysis, and atomic force microscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897340.
@article{osti_22299610,
title = {Characterization of gold nanoparticle films: Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with image analysis, and atomic force microscopy},
author = {Lansåker, Pia C., E-mail: pia.lansaker@angstrom.uu.se and Niklasson, Gunnar A. and Granqvist, Claes G. and Hallén, Anders},
abstractNote = {Gold nanoparticle films are of interest in several branches of science and technology, and accurate sample characterization is needed but technically demanding. We prepared such films by DC magnetron sputtering and recorded their mass thickness by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The geometric thickness d{sub g}—from the substrate to the tops of the nanoparticles—was obtained by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) combined with image analysis as well as by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The various techniques yielded an internally consistent characterization of the films. In particular, very similar results for d{sub g} were obtained by SEM with image analysis and by AFM.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4897340},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22299610}, journal = {AIP Advances},
issn = {2158-3226},
number = 10,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}