Erratum to: 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1208-6.]

Functionalization of Silver Nanowires Surface using Ag C Bonds in a Sequential Reductive Method

Silver nanowires Ag NW assembled in interdigitated webs have shown an applicative potential as transparent and conducting electrodes. However, upon integration in practical device designs, the presence of silver oxide, which instantaneously forms on the Ag NW surfaces in ambient conditions, is unwanted. Here, we report on the functionalization of Ag NWs with 4 nitrophenyl moieties through A C bonds using a versatile two step reduction process, i.e., ascorbate reduction combined electrografting. We show that 40 of the Ag atop sites were terminated and provide high surface stability toward oxidation for more than 2 months while keeping the same intrinsic conductivity as in bulk silve

New insights into colloidal gold flakes structural investigation, micro ellipsometry and thinning procedure towards ultrathin monocrystalline layers

High quality fabrication of plasmonic devices often relies on wet chemically grown ultraflat, presumably single crystalline gold flakes due to their superior materials properties. However, important details about their intrinsic structure are not well understood yet. In this study, we present a new synthesis routine for large flakes with diameters of up to 100 m and an in depth investigation of their structural and optical properties. The flakes were precisely analyzed by transmission electron microscopy, electron backscatter diffraction and micro ellipsometry. We found new evidence for the existence of multiple planar twin defects inside the flakes parallel to their surface in contrast to earlier studies. Micro Ellipsometry was carried out to determine the complex dielectric function and to compare it to previous measurements of bulk single crystalline gold. Finally, we used focused ion beam milling to prepare smooth crystalline layers and high quality nanostructures with desired thicknessdown to 10 nm. Our findings support the plasmonics and nano optics, community with a better understanding of this material which is ideally suited for superior plasmonic nano structures