Figure 4.
Effect of heat treatment at 130 °C for 1 h on the surface topography of the different chemical etched Ag substrates (as mapped by Zygo interferometer): (a) native flattened Ag wire; (b) 30 s NH4OH; (c) 10 s HNO3; (d) 2 m HNO3; (e) 30 s NH4OH followed by 10 s HNO3; and (f) 30 s NH4OH followed by 2 m HNO3 etching treatments.