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Direct Laser Writing of Gold Nanostructures: Application to Data Storage and Color Nanoprinting

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We have demonstrated a simple way to fabricate gold islands by using the laser direct writing method. The gold nano-islands were formed by the optically induced local thermal effect, resulting from the excitation of a continuous-wave laser beam on gold layer. By moving the laser focusing spot, it was possible to write desired plasmonic texts and images on demand at a nanoscale. By changing the exposure dose, the size of gold nano-islands was controlled, resulted in different colors. This demonstration paves the way for many interesting applications, such as plasmonic data storage and nano-scaled color printing.

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This work is supported by a public grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) (project: GRATEOM) and by a public grant of Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam (project: DTDLCN.01/2017). Maofei acknowledges the fellowship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC project)

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  1. Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, UMR 8537, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 61 avenue du Président Wilson, 94235, Cachan, France

    Fei Mao, Andrew Davis, Chi Thanh Nguyen, Isabelle Ledoux-Rak & Ngoc Diep Lai

  2. Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Quang Cong Tong

  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Mai Hoang Luong

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Mao, F., Davis, A., Tong, Q.C. et al. Direct Laser Writing of Gold Nanostructures: Application to Data Storage and Color Nanoprinting. Plasmonics 13, 2285–2291 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-018-0751-1

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