Vapor-Assisted Remodeling of Thin Gold Films - American Chemical

Sep 10, 2005 - Yuan Luo,† James Ruff,† Robert Ray,† Yunlong Gu,‡ Harry J. Ploehn,‡ and. Walter A. Scrivens*,†. Departments of Chemistry & ...
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Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 5014-5023

Vapor-Assisted Remodeling of Thin Gold Films Yuan Luo,† James Ruff,† Robert Ray,† Yunlong Gu,‡ Harry J. Ploehn,‡ and Walter A. Scrivens*,† Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and of Chemical Engineering and USC Nanocenter, UniVersity of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 ReceiVed May 27, 2005. ReVised Manuscript ReceiVed July 26, 2005

In this paper we present the results of a systematic study of the remodeling of ultrathin (