Highly Improved Fabrication of Ag and Al Nanostructures for UV and Nonlinear Plasmonics

A novel recipe for high yield and high quality nanofabrication of silver and aluminum nanostructures with sizes down to 10 nm is demonstrated. The degradation of silver oxide to activate the surface forms the basis of the idea. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ellipsometry are used for chemical and optical characterization of the deposited thin films. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.