Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Tailoring atomic layer growth at the liquid-metal interface

  • Hai Cao,
  • Deepali Waghray,
  • Stefan Knoppe,
  • Wim Dehaen,
  • Thierry Verbiest,
  • Steven De Feyter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07381-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Ultrathin metallic films are most often fabricated by atomic or molecular beam epitaxy under ultrahigh vacuum conditions, where it is difficult to control deposition and growth. Here, the authors describe a wet deposition method, using solution-borne gold nanocluster precursors, to regulate growth of atomically flat gold nanoislands on a surface.