Improving the adhesion of Au thin films onto poly(methyl methacrylate) substrates using spun-cast organic solvents

Mo, Alan K.; DeVore, Thomas C.; Augustine, Brian H.; Zungu, Vezekile P.; Lee, Laura L.; Hughes, Wm. Christopher

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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A / Volume 29 / Issue 3 / Letters

J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 29, 030601 (2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3562167 (5 pages)

Improving the adhesion of Au thin films onto poly(methyl methacrylate) substrates using spun-cast organic solvents

Alan K. Mo¹, Thomas C. DeVore¹, Brian H. Augustine¹, Vezekile P. Zungu², Laura L. Lee³, and Wm. Christopher Hughes⁴

¹Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, MSC 4501, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
²School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
³Department of Chemistry, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina 27262
⁴Department of Physics and Astronomy, MSC 4502, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807

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(Published online 11 March 2011)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to acknowledge funding through the Polymers Program in the Division of Materials Research at the National Science Foundation grant, NSF-RUI Grant No. DMR-1005641, and the Department of Defense ASSURE/NSF-REU program, Grant No. DMR-0851367.

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INTRODUCTION
EXPERIMENT
1. Substrate preparation
2. Magnetron sputter deposition, Au thin films
3. Material characterization
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

adhesion, attenuated total reflection, casting, Fourier transform spectra, gold, infrared spectra, metal-insulator boundaries, metallic thin films, solvent effects, sputter deposition

PACS

68.35.Np

Adhesion
68.55.A-

Nucleation and growth
78.66.Bz

Metals and metallic alloys
81.15.Cd

Deposition by sputtering
78.30.Er

Solid metals and alloys

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Received 19 October 2010
Accepted 15 February 2011
Published online 11 March 2011

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3562167

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0734-2101 (print)

1520-8559 (online)

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American Vacuum Society

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