Fractal bimetallic thin films obtained by laser deposition of colloidal nanoparticles

The drop deposition of colloidal nanoparticles was performed from water-based colloidal solutions. The proposed procedure is based on the agglomeration of colloidal particles in evaporation processes. The evaporation process was resulted in the formation of clustered thin films on a glass substrate. In the experiments with bimetallic Au:Ag solutions, the clustered films are grown, the formation of the clustered films with the average height of 100 nm was achieved. Optical properties of the deposited structures were investigated experimentally. It is shown that the obtained films may become transparent and their properties are defined by their morphology.