A nanoporous gold membrane for sensing applications.
A nanoporous gold membrane for sensing applications.
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/j.sbsr.2016.01.001
复制
发表时间:
2016-03
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Melvin T
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Oo SZ;Silva G;Carpignano F;Noual A;Pechstedt K;Mateos L;Grant-Jacob JA;Brocklesby B;Horak P;Charlton M;Boden SA;Melvin T
Design and fabrication of three-dimensionally structured, gold membranes containing hexagonally close-packed microcavities with nanopores in the base, are described. Our aim is to create a nanoporous structure with localized enhancement of the fluorescence or Raman scattering at, and in the nanopore when excited with light of approximately 600 nm, with a view to provide sensitive detection of biomolecules. A range of geometries of the nanopore integrated into hexagonally close-packed assemblies of gold micro-cavities was first evaluated theoretically. The optimal size and shape of the nanopore in a single microcavity were then considered to provide the highest localized plasmon enhancement (of fluorescence or Raman scattering) at the very center of the nanopore for a bioanalyte traversing through. The optimized design was established to be a 1200 nm diameter cavity of 600 nm depth with a 50 nm square nanopore with rounded corners in the base. A gold 3D-structured membrane containing these sized microcavities with the integrated nanopore was successfully fabricated and ‘proof of concept’ Raman scattering experiments are described. 3D structured gold microcavity membrane with a nanopore in the base designed Theoretically for plasmon-enhanced detection Fabrication of gold microcavity membrane with a nanopore ‘Proof of concept’ study showing enhanced Raman scattering detection