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Color change mechanism of metal films – silver and niobium
Isao Komatsu
Hayata Aoki
Yohei Ito
Shuichi Maeda
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2014.30.1.art00030_1  Published Online :  January 2014
Abstract

We have studied the color change of silver films using sulfide solutions. In this present work, using a goniophotometer, we confirm that the color change of the film comes from thin film interference between silver sulfide and silver layers. In addition, the same procedures were carried out with niobium oxide and niobium films as the standard for comparison which is known to exhibit various colors due to thin film interference.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
Publisher Name : Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
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Isao Komatsu, Hayata Aoki, Yohei Ito, Shuichi Maeda, "Color change mechanism of metal films – silver and niobium"  in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP30),  2014,  pp 116 - 119,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2014.30.1.art00030_1

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Color change mechanism of metal films – silver and niobium
KomatsuIsao
AokiHayata
ItoYohei
MaedaShuichi
01012014
2014
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116
119
2014
We have studied the color change of silver films using sulfide solutions. In this present work, using a goniophotometer, we confirm that the color change of the film comes from thin film interference between silver sulfide and silver layers. In addition, the same procedures were carried out with niobium oxide and niobium films as the standard for comparison which is known to exhibit various colors due to thin film interference.