Plasmon-Mediated Surface Engineering of Silver Nanowires for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
We reveal nanoscale morphological changes on the surface of a silver nanowire (AgNW) in the conventional surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurement condition. The surface morphology changes are due to the surface plasmon-mediated photochemical etching of silver in the presence of certain R...
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Published in | The journal of physical chemistry letters Vol. 8; no. 13; pp. 2774 - 2779 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Chemical Society
06.07.2017
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Summary: | We reveal nanoscale morphological changes on the surface of a silver nanowire (AgNW) in the conventional surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurement condition. The surface morphology changes are due to the surface plasmon-mediated photochemical etching of silver in the presence of certain Raman probes, resulting in a dramatic increase of Raman scattering intensity. This observation indicates that the measured SERS enhancement does not always originate from the as-designed/fabricated structures themselves, but sometimes with contribution from the morphological changes by plasmon-mediated photochemical reactions. Our work provides a guideline for more reliable SERS measurements and demonstrates a novel method for simple and site-specific engineering of SERS substrate and AgNW probes for designing and fabricating new SERS systems, stable and efficient TERS mapping, and single-cell SERS endoscopy. |
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ISSN: | 1948-7185 1948-7185 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00958 |