Nanoimprint lithography of Al nanovoids for deep-UV SERS

Tao Ding; Daniel O. Sigle; Lars O. Herrmann; Daniel Wolverson; Jeremy J. Baumberg

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Nanoimprint lithography of Al nanovoids for deep-UV SERS

Tao Ding, Daniel O. Sigle, Lars O. Herrmann, Daniel Wolverson, Jeremy J. Baumberg

University of Cambridge

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Abstract

Deep-ultraviolet surface-enhanced Raman scattering (UV-SERS) is a promising technique for bioimaging and detection because many biological molecules possess UV absorption lines leading to strongly resonant Raman scattering. Here, Al nanovoid substrates are developed by combining nanoimprint lithography of etched polymer/silica opal films with electron beam evaporation, to give a high-performance sensing platform for UV-SERS. Enhancement by more than 3 orders of magnitude in the UV-SERS performance was obtained from the DNA base adenine, matching well the UV plasmonic optical signatures and simulations, demonstrating its suitability for biodetection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17358-17363
Number of pages	6
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	6
Issue number	20
Early online date	7 Oct 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/am505511v
Publication status	Published - 7 Oct 2014

Keywords

adenine
nanobowls
polymer opals
resonant Raman
stamps

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