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Sub-5 nm nanobowl gaps electrochemically templated by SiO2-coated Au nanoparticles as surface-enhanced Raman
Haiqiong Wen1, Lingyan Meng, Gezhi Kong
1State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China. jwhu@hnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Large-area submonolayer and monolayer Au nanoparticle (NP) arrays with sub-5 nm nanobowl gaps for giant electromagnetic enhancement were created by partially embedding SiO2-coated Au NP arrays in an electrochemically deposited Au film, followed by the removal of the SiO2 shells.

