A combined gas-phase dissociative ionization, dissociative electron attachment and deposition study on the potential FEBID precursor [Au(CH3)2Cl]2
Elif Bilgilisoy, Ali Kamali, Thomas Xaver Gentner, Gerd Ballmann, Sjoerd Harder, Hans-Peter Steinrück, Hubertus Marbach, Oddur Ingólfsson · 2023
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Elif Bilgilisoy and co-authors vetted a gold compound as a feedstock for a printing technique that writes metal structures with an electron beam. Focused-electron-beam-induced deposition builds tiny gold parts for sensors and light-based devices, but only if the precursor gas breaks down cleanly under the beam. The team studied how the compound falls apart under electron impact in the gas phase, then examined real deposits made in a vacuum chamber.
Ionization stripped much of the carbon and about half the chlorine, while gentle electron attachment removed no chlorine at all. Surprisingly, the actual deposits lost all their chlorine, which the team credits to secondary reactions during writing. The deposits held forty-five to sixty-one percent gold depending on beam current and surface cleanliness, making the compound a workable precursor.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Elif Bilgilisoy, Ali Kamali, Thomas Xaver Gentner, Gerd Ballmann, Sjoerd Harder, Hans-Peter Steinrück, Hubertus Marbach, Oddur Ingólfsson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 74 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |