<i>Colloquium</i>:<b>Reactive plasmas as a versatile nanofabrication tool</b>

Ostrikov, Kostya Ken

doi:10.1103/revmodphys.77.489

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“…Note a clear difference from equation (6), namely the use of √ 3 as opposed to √ 2. This is due to the effects of localisation (specifically, geometric confinement).…”

Section: Definitionsmentioning

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“…This will be followed by a discussion of the physics of surface plasmons in Section 3 with an emphasis on optics. The two areas will be drawn together in Section 4 where the field of Plasma Nanoscience [6,7] will be used as a backdrop to discuss the ways in which plasmonics and plasma physics intersect.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previously, resonances had been considered to be totally [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] and plasma physics [6,10,[12][13][14][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] from 1857 to the present day, discussed in detail in Section 1.3 of the main text.…”

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“…Finding a growth/processing environment that is capable of precisely 'tuning' these parameters is a significant challenge. Low-temperature, non-equilibrium plasmas are a particularly versatile tool for this purpose [6] and may be used for all stages of the growth process from generation of building and working units in the plasma bulk (building units are the material that make up the nanostructure, working units prepare the surface for deposition), through to surface preparation, directed transport of materials to the surface, nanoassembly of highly-tailored structures as well as functionalisation and post-processing of arrays. A review by Anders [115] highlighted the use of plasmas of metal vapours for production of metal nanostructures.…”

Section: Introduction To Plasma Nanosciencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Plasma nanoscience [108][109][110][111][112] is a research field which incorporates elements of plasma physics, nanoscience, materials science and engineering, physical chemistry and surface science, that is centered on elucidating how a plasma-based growth environment may be used to bring self organisation of nanostructures up to the as yet elusive, deterministic level [6,7,34,110,113,114]. A deterministic fabrication process is one where it can be predicted with a great degree of certainty what type of nanostructure will be produced, from what type and how material is deposited on a surface.…”

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Abstract. The term 'plasmon' was first coined in 1956 to describe collective electronic oscillations in solids which were very similar to electronic oscillations/surface waves in a plasma discharge (effectively the same formulae can be used to describe the frequencies of these physical phenomena). Surface waves originating in a plasma were initially considered to be just a tool for basic research, until they were successfully used for the generation of large-area plasmas for nanoscale materials synthesis and processing. To demonstrate the synergies between 'plasmons' and 'plasmas', these large-area plasmas can be used to make plasmonic nanostructures which functionally enhance a range of emerging devices. The incorporation of plasmafabricated metal-based nanostructures into plasmonic devices is the missing link needed to bridge not only surface waves from traditional plasma physics and surface plasmons from optics, but also, more topically, macroscopic gaseous and nanoscale metal plasmas. This article first presents a brief review of surface waves and surface plasmons, then describe how these areas of research may be linked through Plasma Nanoscience showing, by closely looking at the essential physics as well as current and future applications, how everything old, is new, once again.

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“…Note a clear difference from equation (6), namely the use of √ 3 as opposed to √ 2. This is due to the effects of localisation (specifically, geometric confinement).…”

Section: Definitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Opening Remarksmentioning

confidence: 99%