Plasmonic Nanopillar Arrays for Large-Area, High-Enhancement Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensors

被引：187

作者：

Caldwell, Joshua D. ^{[1
]}

Glembocki, Orest ^{[1
]}

Bezares, Francisco J. ^{[1
]}

Bassim, Nabil D. ^{[1
]}

Rendell, Ronald W. ^{[1
]}

Feygelson, Mariya ^{[1
]}

Ukaegbu, Maraizu ^{[2
]}

Kasica, Richard ^{[3
]}

Shirey, Loretta ^{[1
]}

Hosten, Charles ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] USN, Res Lab, Washington, DC 20375 USA

[2] Howard Univ, Dept Chem, Washington, DC 20059 USA

[3] NIST, Ctr Nanoscale Sci & Technol, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA

来源：

ACS NANO | 2011年 / 5卷 / 05期

关键词：

surface enhanced Raman scattering; SERS; electron-beam lithography; reactive ion etching; plasmonics; nanoparticles; plasmonic arrays; grating; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SPECTROSCOPY; THIOPHENOL; ADSORPTION; SIZE; AG;

D O I：

10.1021/nn200636t

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

Efforts to create reproducible surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based chemical and biological sensors has been hindered by difficulties in fabricating large-area SERS-active substrates with a uniform, reproducible SERS response that still provides sufficient enhancement for easy detection. Here we report on periodic arrays of Au-capped, vertically aligned silicon nanopillars that are embedded in a Au plane upon a Si substrate. We illustrate that these arrays are ideal for use as SERS sensor templates, in that they provide large, uniform and reproducible average enhancement factors up to similar to 1.2 x 10(8) over the structure surface area. We discuss the impact of the overall geometry of the structures upon the SERS response at 532, 633, and 785 nm incident laser wavelengths. Calculations of the electromagnetic field distributions and Intensities within such structures were performed and both the wavelength dependence of the predicted SERS response and the field distribution within the nanopillar structure are discussed and support the experimental results we report.

引用

页码：4046 / 4055

页数：10

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