Journal
THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 515, Issue 18, Pages 7122-7126Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.03.023
Keywords
gold; nanoporous; thin film; dealloy; microstructure; porosity
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Nanoporous Au can be formed by dealloying Au-Ag alloys and, depending on the initial alloy composition, produce a variety of microstructural features. We investigated a wide compositional range and found three regimes, based on initial An content, that yield varying degrees of dealloying in thin films. Between 22 and 26 at.% Au, dealloying produces nearly pure An with an open nanoporous structure. However, above 36 at.% An, only the grain boundaries dealloy, leaving islands of retained Au-Ag alloy. For intermediate compositions, a transitional microstructure results, with final Ag concentration ranging from 50 at.% down to 4 at.%. Film cracking was observed after dealloying, and lower initial An content correlated with a higher degree of cracking and a higher pore fraction. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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