Publications [#318089] of Benjamin J. Wiley

Journal Articles

  1. Wiley, BJ; Lipomi, DJ; Bao, J; Capasso, F; Whitesides, GM, "Fabrication of surface plasmon resonators by nanoskiving single-crystalline gold microplates.", Nano lettersSeptember,, 2008, 8(9), 3023-3028 [doi].
    (last updated on 2024/11/19)

    Abstract:
    This paper demonstrates the sectioning of chemically synthesized, single-crystalline microplates of gold with an ultramicrotome (nanoskiving) to produce single-crystalline nanowires; these nanowires act as low-loss surface plasmon resonators. This method produces collinearly aligned nanostructures with small, regular changes in dimension with each consecutive cross-section: a single microplate thus can produce a number of "quasi-copies" (delicately modulated variations) of a nanowire. The diamond knife cuts cleanly through microplates 35 microm in diameter and 100 nm thick without bending the resulting nanowire and cuts through the sharp edges of a crystal without deformation to generate nanoscale tips. This paper compares the influence of sharp tips and blunt tips on the resonator modes in these nanowires.