Single-Molecule Nonresonant Wide-Field Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from Ferroelectrically Defined Au Nanoparticle Microarrays

Autor: Nebras Al-Attar, Michele Manzo, James H. Rice, Katia Gallo, Rusul M. Al-Shammari, Brian J. Rodriguez
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: ACS Omega
ACS Omega, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 3165-3172 (2018)
ISSN: 2470-1343
Popis: Single-molecule detection by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful spectroscopic technique that is of interest for the sensor development field. An important aspect of optimizing the materials used in SERS-based sensors is the ability to have a high density of "hot spots" that enhance the SERS sensitivity to the single-molecule level. Photodeposition of gold (Au) nanoparticles through electric-field-directed self-assembly on a periodically proton-exchanged lithium niobate (PPELN) substrate provides conditions to form well-ordered microscale features consisting of closely packed Au nanoparticles. The resulting Au nanoparticle microstructure arrays (microarrays) are plasmon-active and support nonresonant single-molecule SERS at ultralow concentrations (
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