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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 100 / Issue 6 / NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 063120 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3684277 (3 pages)

Fabrication of disconnected three‐dimensional silver nanostructures in a polymer matrix

Kevin Vora1, SeungYeon Kang1, Shobha Shukla1, and Eric Mazur1,2

1School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 9 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
2Department of Physics, Harvard University, 9 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

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(Received 1 November 2011; accepted 17 January 2012; published online 10 February 2012)

We present a simple, one‐step technique for direct‐writing of a structured nanocomposite material with disconnected silver nanostructures in a polymer matrix. A nonlinear optical interaction between femtosecond laser pulses and a composite material creates silver structures that are embedded inside a polymer with submicrometer resolution (300 nm). We create complex patterns of silver nanostructures in three dimensions. The key to the process is the chemical composition of the sample that provides both a support matrix and controlled growth. The technique presented in this letter may offer a cost‐effective approach for the fabrication of bulk optical devices with engineered dispersion.

© 2012 American Institute of Physics

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Keywords

chemical analysis, filled polymers, laser materials processing, nanocomposites, nanofabrication, nanoparticles, nonlinear optics, silver

PACS

  • 81.07.Bc

    Nanocrystalline materials

  • 42.65.-k

    Nonlinear optics

  • 81.05.Qk

    Reinforced polymers and polymer-based composites

  • 42.62.-b

    Laser applications

  • 81.16.-c

    Methods of micro- and nanofabrication and processing

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3684277

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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