Plasmon-enhanced Electron Scattering in Nanostructured Thin Metal Films Revealed by Low-voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy

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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4954339
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V. Mikhailovskii
Yu. Petrov
O. Vyvenko

The drastic enhancement of backscattered electrons (BSE) yield from nanostructured thin metal film which exceeded well the one from massive metal was observed at accelerating voltages below 400 V. The dependences of BSE signal from nanostructured gold film on accelerating voltage and on retarding grid potential applied to BSE detector were investigated. It was shown that enhanced BSE signal was formed by inelastic scattered electrons coming from the gaps between nanoparticles. A tentative explanation of the mechanism of BSE signal enhancement was suggested.

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Journal	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1748
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4954339
State	Published - 2016
Event	5th International Conference on State-of-the-Art Trends of Scientific Research of Artificial and Natural Nanoobjects - Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation Duration: 26 Apr 2016 → 29 Apr 2016 Conference number: 5 http://www.globaleventslist.elsevier.com/events/2016/04/strann-2016-state-of-the-art-trends-of-scientific-research-of-artificial-and-natural-nanoobjects/ http://eibl.spbu.ru/strann-2016/

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