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Ph. D. THESIS 2009

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3.6.1. Dots 188<br />

3.6.2. 3D structures 192<br />

3.6.2.1. Fabrication 192<br />

3.6.2.2. Silver porosity due to the corosion 196<br />

3.6.2.3. Electroless plating process 199<br />

4. Optimization of gold micro/nanostructures fabrication<br />

207<br />

4.1. Introduction 207<br />

4.2. UV-Vis investigation 208<br />

4.3. The gold structures fabrication process 211<br />

4.3.1. PSS- matrix for gold microfabrication 211<br />

4.3.2. Double-line effect in thin PSS matrix 214<br />

4.3.3. The influence of the operating parameters 219<br />

4.3.3.1. The laser power 219<br />

4.3.3.2. The substrate 222<br />

4.3.3.2.1. Glass 222<br />

4.3.3.2.2. Polyimide underlayered glass 223<br />

4.3.3.3. Gold salt concentration 224<br />

4.4. The thermal effect 227<br />

4.4.1. Theoretical model 230<br />

4.5 The overcoming of the thermal effect 232<br />

4.5.1 Nanodots 230<br />

4.5.2. Single wires 234<br />

4.5.3. 3D structures 237<br />

5. Optical properties of the metallic structures<br />

239<br />

5.1. Introduction 239<br />

5.2. Diffraction properties 239<br />

5.3. 3D photonic crystals 243<br />

6. Conclusions of the part B<br />

247<br />

References 248<br />

Keywords: intra- and intermolecular H-bonds, keto-enol tautomerism, syn and anti<br />

stereoisomers, self-assembly, supramolecular chemistry, laser induced photochemistry,<br />

two-photon absorption, thermal effect, 3D structures.<br />

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