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. 2017 Jul 13;7:5307. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04814-2

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(a) MNPAs manufacturing process: (1) colloidal mask formation by self-assembly of PS nanospheres on a silica substrate; (2) thermal evaporation of Ag onto the PS nanospheres; (3) nanosphere removal; (4) deposition by magnetron sputtering of a protecting layer of silica. (b) Nanoprism array geometry. The definitions of the relevant geometric parameters of the nanoarray are: the lattice parameter is a 0 (corresponding to the PS nanospheres diameter), the distance between the nanoprisms d, the nanoprisms length L and height h. (c) SEM image in plane view of the synthesized MNPAs.