학술논문
Self-organized spatially separated silver 3D dendrites as efficient plasmonic nanostructures for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy applications.
Document Type
Article
Author
Yakimchuk, Dzmitry V.; Kaniukov, Egor Yu; Lepeshov, Sergey; Bundyukova, Victoria D.; Demyanov, Sergey E.; Arzumanyanm, Grigory M.; Doroshkevich, Nelya V.; Mamatkulov, Kahramon Z.; Bochmann, Arne; Presselt, Martin; Stranik, Ondrej; Khubezhov, Soslan A.; Krasnok, Aleksander E.; Alù, Andrea; Sivakov, Vladimir A.
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Subject
*DENDRITIC crystals
*RAMAN spectroscopy
*NANOSTRUCTURES
*ELECTROMAGNETIC interactions
*BIOMOLECULES
*SERS spectroscopy
*SILVER
*ELECTROMAGNETIC waves
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ISSN
0021-8979
Abstract
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a promising optical method for analyzing molecular samples of various nature. Most SERS studies are of an applied nature, indicating a serious potential for their application in analytical practice. Dendritelike nanostructures have great potential for SERS, but the lack of a method for their predictable production significantly limits their implementation. In this paper, a method for controllably obtaining spatially separated, self-organized, and highly-branched silver dendrites via template synthesis in pores of SiO2/Si is proposed. The dendritic branches have nanoscale roughness, creating many plasmon-active "hotspots" required for SERS. The first held 3D modeling of the external electromagnetic wave interaction with such a dendrite, as well as experimental data, confirms this theory. Using the example of a reference biological analyte, which is usually used as a label for other biological molecules, the dendrites' SERS-sensitivity up to 10−15M was demonstrated with an enhancement factor of 108. The comparison of simulation results with SERS experiments allows distinguishing the presence of electromagnetic and chemical contributions, which have a different effect at various analyte concentrations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]