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2017 ; 8
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Laser-induced plasmonic colours on metals
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Guay JM
; Calà Lesina A
; Côté G
; Charron M
; Poitras D
; Ramunno L
; Berini P
; Weck A
Nat Commun
2017[Jul]; 8
(ä): 16095
PMID28719576
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Plasmonic resonances in metallic nanoparticles have been used since antiquity to
colour glasses. The use of metal nanostructures for surface colourization has
attracted considerable interest following recent developments in plasmonics.
However, current top-down colourization methods are not ideally suited to
large-scale industrial applications. Here we use a bottom-up approach where
picosecond laser pulses can produce a full palette of non-iridescent colours on
silver, gold, copper and aluminium. We demonstrate the process on silver coins
weighing up to 5?kg and bearing large topographic variations (?1.5?cm). We find
that colours are related to a single parameter, the total accumulated fluence,
making the process suitable for high-throughput industrial applications.
Statistical image analyses of laser-irradiated surfaces reveal various
nanoparticle size distributions. Large-scale finite-difference time-domain
computations based on these nanoparticle distributions reproduce trends seen in
reflectance measurements, and demonstrate the key role of plasmonic resonances in
colour formation.