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Calcium and fluorine signals in HS-LEIS for CaF2(111) and powder-Quantification of atomic surface concentrations using LiF(001), Ca, and Cu references
(AIP Publishing, 2020-12-01)The powder of CaF2 has been proposed as a practical reference for the quantitation of Ca and F in low energy ion scattering (LEIS) analysis. It is chemically inert, easy to clean, and inexpensive. LEIS is extremely surface ... -
Catalyst–substrate interaction and growth delay in vapor–liquid–solid nanowire growth
(IOP Publishing, 2018-03-26)Understanding of the initial stage of nanowire growth on a bulk substrate is crucial for the rational design of nanowire building blocks in future electronic and optoelectronic devices. Here, we provide in situ scanning ... -
Comparative study of plasmonic antennas fabricated by electron beam and focused ion beam lithography
(Springer Nature, 2018-06-25)We present a comparative study of plasmonic antennas fabricated by electron beam lithography and direct focused ion beam milling. We have investigated optical and structural properties and chemical composition of gold ... -
Electrodeposition of Silver Amalgam on Thin Gold Film Electrodes for Voltammetric Detection of 4Nitrophenol and DNA Labeled with Osmium TetroxideBipyridine Complex
(Wiley, 2019-10-22)Herein, electrodes made of vapordeposited thin gold films (vAuE) were used as an alternative substrate for the electrodeposition of silver amalgam particles (AgAPs), next to indium tin oxide and pyrolytic graphite, which ... -
Fabrication of Magnetic Nanostructures on Silicon Nitride Membranes for Magnetic Vortex Studies Using Transmission Microscopy Techniques
(MyJove Corp., 2018-07-02)Electron and x-ray magnetic microscopies allow for high-resolution magnetic imaging down to tens of nanometers. However, the samples need to be prepared on transparent membranes which are very fragile and difficult to ... -
The growth of metastable fcc Fe78Ni22 thin films on H-Si(100) substrates suitable for focused ion beam direct magnetic patterning
(Elsevier, 2019-03-01)We have studied the growth of metastable face-centered-cubic, non-magnetic Fe78Ni22 thin films on silicon substrates. These films undergo a magnetic (paramagnetic to ferromagnetic) and structural (fcc to bcc) phase ... -
High-Resolution Quantitative Phase Imaging of Plasmonic Metasurfaces with Sensitivity down to a Single Nanoantenna
(American Chemical Society, 2019-01-02)Optical metasurfaces have emerged as a new generation of building blocks for multifunctional optics. Design and realization of metasurface elements place everincreasing demands on accurate assessment of phase alterations ... -
Imaging of Electric and Magnetic Near Field
(Wiley, 2020-07-10)Localized surface plasmon resonances are self-sustained collective oscillations of free electrons in metallic nanostructures. We have demonstrated the possibility to map their electric and magnetic near field by electron ... -
Imaging of near-field interference patterns by a-SNOM – influence of illumination wavelength and polarization state
(Optical Society of America, 2017-07-05)Scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) in combination with interference structures is a powerful tool for imaging and analysis of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). However, the correct interpretation of SNOM images ... -
Immobilization of Platelet-Rich Plasma onto COOH Plasma-Coated PCL Nanofibers Boost Viability and Proliferation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
(MDPI, 2017-12-20)The scaffolds made of polycaprolactone (PCL) are actively employed in different areas of biology and medicine, especially in tissue engineering. However, the usage of unmodified PCL is significantly restricted by the ... -
Independent engineering of individual plasmon modes in plasmonic dimers with conductive and capacitive coupling
(WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2020-03-01)We revisit plasmon modes in nanoparticle dimers with conductive or insulating junction resulting in conductive or capacitive coupling. In our study, which combines electron energy loss spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, ... -
Influence of experimental conditions on localized surface plasmon resonances measurement by electron energy loss spectroscopy
(Elsevier, 2020-09-01)Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) combined with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) has become a standard technique to map localized surface plasmon resonances with a nanometer spatial and a sufficient ... -
Invited Article: Direct phase mapping of broadband Laguerre-Gaussian metasurfaces
(AIP Publishing, 2018-11-01)We report on the fabrication of metasurface phase plates consisting of gold nanoantenna arrays that generate Laguerre-Gaussian modes from a circularly polarized Gaussian input beam. The corresponding helical phase profiles ... -
Limits of Babinet’s principle for solid and hollow plasmonic antennas
(Springer Nature, 2019-12-01)We present an experimental and theoretical study of Babinet’s principle of complementarity in plasmonics.We have used spatially-resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy and cathodoluminescence to investigate electromagnetic ... -
Low-energy electron microscopy of graphene outside UHV: electron-induced removal of PMMA residues used for graphene transfer
(Elsevier, 2020-05-01)Two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, are usually prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on selected substrates, and their transfer is completed with a supporting layer, mostly polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). ... -
Magnetization reversal and confinement effects across the metamagnetic phase transition in mesoscale FeRh structures
(IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2018-03-14)The effects of mesoscale confinement on the metamagnetic behavior of lithographically patterned FeRh structures are investigated via Kerr microscopy. Combining the temperatureand field-dependent magnetization reversal of ... -
Plasmonic Antennas with Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Hot Spots Based on Babinet's Principle
(American Physical Society, 2020-05-19)We theoretically study plasmonic antennas featuring areas of extremely concentrated electric or magnetic field, known as hot spots. We combine two types of electric-magnetic complementarity to increase the degree of freedom ... -
Plasmonic Enhancement and Polarization Dependence of Nonlinear Upconversion Emissions from Single Gold Nanorod@SiO2@CaF2:Yb3+,Er3+ Hybrid Core-Shell-Satellite Nanostructures
(Springer Nature, 2017-05-19)Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) have recently become an attractive nonlinear fluorescence material for use in bioimaging because of their tunable spectral characteristics and exceptional photostability. ... -
Research Update: Focused ion beam direct writing of magnetic patterns with controlled structural and magnetic properties
(AIP Publishing, 2018-06-01)Focused ion beam irradiation of metastable Fe78Ni22 thin films grown on Cu(100) substrates is used to create ferromagnetic, body-centered cubic patterns embedded into paramagnetic, face-centered-cubic surrounding. The ... -
Single-layer graphene on epitaxial FeRh thin films
(ELSEVIER, 2020-06-01)Graphene is a 2D material that displays excellent electronic transport properties with prospective applications in many fields. Inducing and controlling magnetism in the graphene layer, for instance by proximity of magnetic ...