Improved SERS performance from Au nanopillar arrays by abridging the pillar tip spacing by Ag sputtering.

Huang, Zhulin; Meng, Guowen; Huang, Qing; Yang, Yajun; Zhu, Chuhong; Tang, Chaolong · Adv Mater · 2010

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Ag-capped Au nanopillar arrays on a resin supporter (see left upper figure), with a typical adjacent pillar tip gap of 10 nm, show obviously higher surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensitivity (right column in red) than that of the bare Au nanopillar array while using 10 nM R6G as probe molecules. The large-area Ag-capped Au nanopillar array has potential in trace detection of special chemicals.

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