Abstract
Interference effects can lead to the formation of ripple structures at laser-irradiated poly(ethylene terephthalate) surfaces. Poly(ethylene terephthalate) surface was irradiated with linearly polarized light of a pulsed 157 nm laser. In a certain range of irradiation parameters, the irradiation resulted in the formation of coherent ripples patterns. The dimension of the pattern depends on the angle of the laser beam incidence. The surface morphology of the nano-patterned poly(ethylene terephthalate) was analyzed by atomic force microscopy and focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy. Oxygen concentration in the modified polymer surface was studied by angular resolved X-ray induced photo-electron spectroscopy. Gold nano-layers were consecutively sputtered onto the laser irradiated poly(ethylene terephthalate) surfaces. The morphology of the sputtered gold nano-layers was investigated with atomic force microscopy too. We found that the morphology of the gold nano-layers changes and depends on the surface pattern of the laser irradiated poly(ethylene terephthalate). Formation of gold “nano-hills” is observed at the ridges of the ripple structures. The amount of oxygen together with the morphology of prepared polymer pattern may be the dominant factors controlling the gold layer growth. The present results are compared with those obtained earlier on PET irradiated with krypton fluoride laser.
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