Gold Top Hat Single Crystal

Gold Top Hat Single Crystal offers an atomically ordered monocrystalline gold structure shaped into a precision “top hat” geometry, enabling unmatched control over optical, electrical, and plasmonic behaviors. With minimal grain boundaries and superior crystallographic orientation, it ensures uniform electron transport, high reflectivity, and exceptional chemical stability. Industries using this material include nanophotonics, quantum optics, and high-sensitivity chemical sensing. Specific applications benefiting from this geometry and crystal quality include fabrication of plasmonic antennas for enhanced light–matter interaction, top-hat patterned electrodes for photonic chips, and nano-engineered catalytic surfaces. Research leveraging this material benefits from its predictable surface chemistry and reproducible plasmonic resonances, making it invaluable in developing ultrathin optoelectronic devices, high-Q resonators, and nanostructured quantum sensors. The Gold Top Hat Single Crystal bridges the gap between advanced research prototypes and scalable manufacturing, offering precision, performance, and reliability in high-tech industrial and scientific applications.

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Tolerances

Single Crystal

Orientation		See Item
Thickness		+2% / -1%
Length		+2% / -1%

Top Hat

Inside Diameter		+2% / -1%
Outside Diameter		+2% / -1%
Bottom Section Thickness		+2% / -1%
Top Section Thickness		+2% / -1%

Material Properties for Precious Metals

Atomic Properties

Element	Value
Atomic number	79
Crystal structure	Face centred cubic
Electronic structure	Xe 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6s¹
Valences shown	1,3
Atomic weight( amu )	196.9665
Thermal neutron absorption cross-section( Barns )	98.8
Photo-electric work function( eV )	4.8
Atomic radius - Goldschmidt( nm )	0.144
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	1/ 9.22
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	2/ 20.5

Mechanical Properties

Element	Value
Material condition	Soft
Material condition	Hard
Poisson's ratio	0.42
Poisson's ratio	0.42
Bulk modulus( GPa )	171
Bulk modulus( GPa )	171
Tensile modulus( GPa )	78.5
Tensile modulus( GPa )	78.5
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² )	20-30
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² )	60
Tensile strength( MPa )	130
Tensile strength( MPa )	220
Yield strength( MPa )	205
Yield strength( MPa )	-

Electrical Properties

Element	Value
Electrical resistivity( µOhmcm )	2.20@20@20°C
Temperature coefficient( K⁻¹ )	0.004@0-100°C
Thermal emf against Pt (cold 0C - hot 100C)( mV )	0.74

Physical Properties

Element	Value
Boiling point( C )	3080
Density( gcm⁻³ )	19.3@20°C

Thermal Properties

Element	Value
Melting point( C )	1064.4
Latent heat of evaporation( J g⁻¹ )	1738
Latent heat of fusion( J g⁻¹ )	64.9
Specific heat( J K⁻¹ kg⁻¹ )	129@25°C
Thermal conductivity( W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ )	318@0-100°C
Coefficient of thermal expansion( x10⁻⁶ K⁻¹ )	14.1@0-100°C