Chemical Interface Damping by Electrochemical Gold Oxidation
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| author | Pfeiffer, Maurice Wu, Xinyan Ebrahimi, Fatemeh Mameka, Nadiia Eich, Manfred Petrov, Alexander |
| author_facet | Pfeiffer, Maurice Wu, Xinyan Ebrahimi, Fatemeh Mameka, Nadiia Eich, Manfred Petrov, Alexander |
| contents | Chemical interface damping is a change in the effective collision frequency of conduction band electrons in metal originating from a chemical change of the metal interface. In this work, we present in-situ ellipsometric measurements that reveal the chemical interface damping effect from electrochemical oxidation of single crystal and polycrystalline gold films. We observe an increase in collision frequency of up to 21 meV for single-crystalline gold. To compare to results obtained with thiols and metal-oxides on gold nanoparticles, we normalize the collision frequency by the electron mean free path to the surface of the structure. We show that electrochemical gold oxidation provides a stronger effect on collision frequency than these coatings. Similar ellipsometric experiments have previously been conducted to investigate the optical properties of gold oxide, but without taking chemical interface damping into account. The change in reflection from oxidation of gold was solely attributed to the oxide coating. We also show that the chemical interface damping effect saturates at a larger effective oxide thickness, which is attributed to the stabilization of the gold-oxide interface. |
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| spellingShingle | Chemical Interface Damping by Electrochemical Gold Oxidation Pfeiffer, Maurice Wu, Xinyan Ebrahimi, Fatemeh Mameka, Nadiia Eich, Manfred Petrov, Alexander Materials Science Chemical Physics Optics Chemical interface damping is a change in the effective collision frequency of conduction band electrons in metal originating from a chemical change of the metal interface. In this work, we present in-situ ellipsometric measurements that reveal the chemical interface damping effect from electrochemical oxidation of single crystal and polycrystalline gold films. We observe an increase in collision frequency of up to 21 meV for single-crystalline gold. To compare to results obtained with thiols and metal-oxides on gold nanoparticles, we normalize the collision frequency by the electron mean free path to the surface of the structure. We show that electrochemical gold oxidation provides a stronger effect on collision frequency than these coatings. Similar ellipsometric experiments have previously been conducted to investigate the optical properties of gold oxide, but without taking chemical interface damping into account. The change in reflection from oxidation of gold was solely attributed to the oxide coating. We also show that the chemical interface damping effect saturates at a larger effective oxide thickness, which is attributed to the stabilization of the gold-oxide interface. |
| title | Chemical Interface Damping by Electrochemical Gold Oxidation |
| topic | Materials Science Chemical Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06799 |