期刊
NANO LETTERS
卷 23, 期 12, 页码 5445-5452出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00404
关键词
hexagonal boron nitride; nanoparticle-on-mirror nanocavity; electron tunneling surface-enhanced Raman scattering; quantum plasmonics
Fabricating ultrasmall nanogaps for significant electromagnetic enhancement is a long-standing goal of SERS research. The quantum plasmonics limits the electromagnetic enhancement when the gap size decreases below the quantum tunneling regime. In this study, by sandwiching hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) as a gap spacer in a NPoM structure, electron tunneling is effectively blocked, leading to layer-dependent SERS enhancement.
Fabricating ultrasmall nanogaps for significant electromagnetic enhancement is a long-standing goal of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) research. However, such electromagnetic enhancement is limited by quantum plasmonics as the gap size decreases below the quantum tunneling regime. Here, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is sandwiched as a gap spacer in a nanoparticle-on-mirror (NPoM) structure, effectively blocking electron tunneling. Layer-dependent scattering spectra and theoretical modeling confirm that the electron tunneling effect is screened by monolayer h-BN in a nanocavity. The layer-dependent SERS enhancement factor of h-BN in the NPoM system monotonically increases as the number of layers decreases, which agrees with the prediction by the classical electromagnetic model but not the quantum-corrected model. The ultimate plasmonic enhancement limits are extended in the classical framework in a single-atom-layer gap. These results provide deep insights into the quantum mechanical effects in plasmonic systems, enabling the potential novel applications based on quantum plasmonic.
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