Journal
CARBON
Volume 86, Issue -, Pages 78-85Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.01.028
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- U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) [ARO-W911NF-12-1-0412]
- U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) [NSF-DMR-1105986, NSF EPSCoR-0903806]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Materials Research [1105986] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Office Of The Director
- Office of Integrative Activities [0903806] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Plasmonic gold nanoparticles (AuNP) with controllable dimensions have been fabricated in situ on graphene at moderately elevated temperature for high sensitivity surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of Rhodamine 6G (R6G) dye molecules. Significantly enhanced Raman signature of R6G dyes were observed on AuNP/graphene substrates as compared to the case without graphene with an improvement factor of 400%, which is remarkably greater than previous results obtained in ex situ fabricated SERS substrate. Simulation of localized electromagnetic field around AuNPs with and without the underneath graphene layer reveals an enhanced local electromagnetic field due to the plasmonic effect of AuNPs, while additional Ohmic loss occurs when graphene is present. The enhanced local electromagnetic field by plasmonic AuNPs is unlikely the dominant factor contributing to the observed high SERS sensitivity on R6G/AuNP/graphene substrate. Instead, the p-doped graphene, which is supported by the large positive Dirac point shift away from zero observed in AuNP/graphene field effect transistors, promotes SERS signals through enhanced molecule adsorption and non-resonance molecular-substrate chemical interaction. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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