%0 Journal Article
%A Schwartzkopf, Matthias
%A Wöhnert, Sven-Jannik
%A Waclawek, Vivian
%A Carstens, Niko
%A Rothkirch, André
%A Rubeck, Jan
%A Gensch, Marc
%A Drewes, Jonas
%A Polonskyi, Oleksandr
%A Strunskus, Thomas
%A Hinz, Alexander M.
%A Schaper, Simon J.
%A Körstgens, Volker
%A Müller-Buschbaum, Peter
%A Faupel, Franz
%A Roth, Stephan V.
%T Real-time insight into nanostructure evolution during the rapid formation of ultra-thin gold layers on polymers
%J Nanoscale horizons
%V 6
%N 2
%@ 2055-6764
%C Cambridge
%I Royal Society of Chemistry
%M PUBDB-2021-00953
%P 132 - 138
%D 2021
%Z Waiting for fulltext
%X Ultra-thin metal layers on polymer thin films attract tremendous research interest for advanced flexible optoelectronic applications, including organic photovoltaics, light emitting diodes and sensors. To realize the large-scale production of such metal–polymer hybrid materials, high rate sputter deposition is of particular interest. Here, we witness the birth of a metal–polymer hybrid material by quantifying in situ with unprecedented time-resolution of 0.5 ms the temporal evolution of interfacial morphology during the rapid formation of ultra-thin gold layers on thin polystyrene films. We monitor average non-equilibrium cluster geometries, transient interface morphologies and the effective near-surface gold diffusion. At 1 s sputter deposition, the polymer matrix has already been enriched with 1
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%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:33290482
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000617006200004
%R 10.1039/D0NH00538J
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/455138