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تسجيل مستخدم جديدCrystallographic investigation of Au nanoparticles embedded in a SrTiO$_3$ thin film for plasmonics applications by means of synchrotron radiation
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Self-organized monocrystalline Au nanoparticles with potential applications in plasmonics are grown in a SrTiO$_3$ matrix by a novel two-step deposition process. The crystalline preferred orientation of these Au nanoparticles is investigated by synchrotron hard x-ray diffraction. Nanoparticles preferentially align with the (111) direction along the substrate normal (001), whereas two in-plane orientations are found with $[110]_{SrTiO_3} : || : [110]_{Au}$ and $[100]_{SrTiO_3} : || : [110]_{Au}$. Additionally, a smaller diffraction signal from nanoparticles with the (001) direction parallel to the substrate normal (001) is observed; once again, two in-plane orientations are found, with $[100]_{SrTiO_3} : || : [100]_{Au}$ and $[100]_{SrTiO_3} : || : [110]_{Au}$. The populations of the two in-plane orientations are found to depend on the thickness of the gold film deposited in the first step of the growth.
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