Issue 12, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Correlated AFM and SERS imaging of the transition from nanotriangle to nanohole arrays†‡

Kirsty F. Gibson,§a   Debby Correia-Ledo,§b   Maxime Couture,b   Duncan Grahama  and  Jean-Francois Masson*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Centre for Molecular Nanometrology, WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
E-mail: duncan.graham@strath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)141 548 4701

b Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada
E-mail: jf.masson@umontreal.ca
Fax: +1 514-343-7586
Tel: +1 514-343-7342

Abstract

Mapping the transition of Ag nanotriangle to nanohole arrays revealed that the optimal SERS response was obtained near the transition. Correlated AFM and Raman imaging provided novel experimental proof that hot spots are located on Ag islands for nanotriangle arrays and in the core area of the hole for nanohole arrays, which is in agreement with previous theoretical predictions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC05287F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Nov 2010
Accepted
01 Feb 2011
First published
18 Feb 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 3404-3406

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Correlated AFM and SERS imaging of the transition from nanotriangle to nanohole arrays

K. F. Gibson, D. Correia-Ledo, M. Couture, D. Graham and J. Masson, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3404 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05287F

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