Title :
Direct imprinted gratings on nanoporous gold as effective SERS substrates
Author :
Jiao, Yang ; Ryckman, Judson D. ; Liscidini, Marco ; Sipe, John E. ; Ciesielski, Peter N. ; Escobar, Carlos A. ; Jennings, G. Kane ; Weiss, Sharon M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate large area arrays of patterned nanoporous gold as effective surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) templates by using a direct imprinting process. The resulting substrates exhibit a 107 SERS enhancement factor for adsorbed benzenethiol.
Keywords :
adsorbed layers; gold; nanolithography; nanopatterning; nanophotonics; nanoporous materials; optical arrays; optical fabrication; organic compounds; surface enhanced Raman scattering; Au; SERS substrates; adsorbed benzenethiol; direct imprinted gratings; direct imprinting process; nanoporous gold arrays; surface enhanced Raman scattering templates; Films; Gratings; Nanobioscience; Plasmons; Raman scattering; Substrates; Surface morphology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4