Towards plasmon mapping of SERS-active Ag dewetted nanostructures using SPELS

M. Beshr, E. Dexter, P. E. Tierney, A. D. Meade, S. Murphy, G. Amarandei

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Abstract

Thermal dewetting of silver thin flm can lead to SERS-active Ag nanoparticles. Here, we report our progress towards using scanning probe energy loss spectroscopy (SPELS) to map the plasmonic behaviour of SERS-active Ag nanoparticles (NP) by investigating NPs produced through the dewetting study of Ag thin flms on SiO2/Si and Ti/SiO2/Si substrates. The nanoparticles size and spatial distribution were controlled by the deposition and thermal annealing parameters. The results of preliminary SPELS measurements of these structures, alongside SERS data show that there is a correlation between the Raman enhancement and the nanoparticle size and interparticle spacing.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012012
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume2172
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Mar 2022
Event4th International Smart NanoMaterials Conference 2021: Advances, Innovation and Applications, SNAIA 2021 - Paris, Virtual, France
Duration: 7 Dec 202110 Dec 2021

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