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Multiple plasmon couplings in 3D hybrid Au-nanoparticles- decorated Ag nanocone arrays boosting highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman scattering

Show Author's Information Zewen Zuo( ),  Lianye Sun,  Yongbin Guo,  Lujun Zhang,  Junhu Li,  Kuanguo Li,  Guanglei Cui
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectric Materials Science and Technology (OEMST), Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronics Information Anhui Normal UniversityWuhu 241002 China
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surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate, electric field enhancement, multiple plasmon coupling, nanocone array, three-dimensional hybrid
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Plasmon coupling is an essential strategy to realize strong local electromagnetic (EM) field which is crucial for high-performance plasmonic devices. In this work, multiple plasmon couplings are demonstrated in three-dimensional (3D) hybrid plasmonic systems composed of polydimethylsiloxane-supported ordered silver nanocone (AgNC) arrays decorated with high-density gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) which are fabricated by a template-assisted physical vapor deposition process. Strong interparticle coupling, particle-film coupling, inter-cone coupling, and particle-cone coupling are revealed by numerical simulations in such composite nanostructures, which produce intense and high-density EM hot spots, boosting highly sensitive and reproducible surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection with an enhancement factor of ~ 1.74 × 108. Furthermore, a linear correlation between logarithmic Raman intensity and logarithmic concentration of probe molecules is observed in a large concentration range. These results offer new ideas to develop novel plasmonic devices, and provide alternative strategy to realize flexible and high-performance SERS sensors for trace molecule detection and quantitative analysis.


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Multiple plasmon couplings in 3D hybrid Au-nanoparticles- decorated Ag nanocone arrays boosting highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman scattering

Show Author's information Zewen Zuo( ), Lianye Sun, Yongbin Guo, Lujun Zhang, Junhu Li, Kuanguo Li, Guanglei Cui
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectric Materials Science and Technology (OEMST), Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronics Information Anhui Normal UniversityWuhu 241002 China

Abstract

Plasmon coupling is an essential strategy to realize strong local electromagnetic (EM) field which is crucial for high-performance plasmonic devices. In this work, multiple plasmon couplings are demonstrated in three-dimensional (3D) hybrid plasmonic systems composed of polydimethylsiloxane-supported ordered silver nanocone (AgNC) arrays decorated with high-density gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) which are fabricated by a template-assisted physical vapor deposition process. Strong interparticle coupling, particle-film coupling, inter-cone coupling, and particle-cone coupling are revealed by numerical simulations in such composite nanostructures, which produce intense and high-density EM hot spots, boosting highly sensitive and reproducible surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection with an enhancement factor of ~ 1.74 × 108. Furthermore, a linear correlation between logarithmic Raman intensity and logarithmic concentration of probe molecules is observed in a large concentration range. These results offer new ideas to develop novel plasmonic devices, and provide alternative strategy to realize flexible and high-performance SERS sensors for trace molecule detection and quantitative analysis.

Keywords: surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate, electric field enhancement, multiple plasmon coupling, nanocone array, three-dimensional hybrid

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Received: 20 December 2020
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51871003).

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