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Tuning Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Nanoporous Gold with a Silica Shell for Surface Enhanced Raman
Wei Li1, Chao Ma2, Ling Zhang3
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System (Ministry of Education), School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. liwei_usst_329@163.com.
Abstract:
We report the tuning of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of nanoporous gold (NPG) by silica coating, which also affects the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of NPG. In this study, controllable silica shell is assembled on the NPG surface, and a fully silica thin layer causes more than 50 nm red-shift of LSPR band due to dielectric medium dependence. Additionally, ~1 nm silica coated NPG film shows excellent SERS enhancement, which is due to electromagnetic coupling between ligaments and local surface plasmon field enhancement within pores, and theoretical analysis indicates that silica coating further improves the coupling effect, which demonstrates the electromagnetic origin of the tuning of SERS effect.
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