Journal
SMALL
Volume 8, Issue 18, Pages 2878-2885Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201200712
Keywords
surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy; plasmonics; nanostructures; biosensors; nanodome arrays
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- National Science Foundation [CBET 07-54122, ECCS 09-24062]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys [0924062] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The optical properties and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of plasmonic nanodome array (PNA) substrates in air and aqueous solution are investigated. PNA substrates are inexpensively and uniformly fabricated with a hot spot density of 6.25 x 106 mm-2 using a large-area nanoreplica moulding technique on a flexible plastic substrate. Both experimental measurement and numerical simulation results show that PNAs exhibit a radiative localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) due to dipolar coupling between neighboring nanodomes and a non-radiative surface plasmon resonance (SPR) resulting from the periodic array structure. The high spatial localization of electromagnetic field within the similar to 10 nm nanogap together with the spectral alignment between the LSPR and excited and scattered light results in a reliable and reproducible spatially averaged SERS enhancement factor (EF) of 8.51 x 107 for Au-coated PNAs. The SERS enhancement is sufficient for a wide variety of biological and chemical sensing applications, including detection of common metabolites at physiologically relevant concentrations.
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