Electroless deposition and nanolithography can control the formation of materials at the nano-scale for plasmonic applications.

ABSTRACT: The new revolution in materials science is being driven by our ability to manipulate matter at the molecular level to create structures with novel functions and properties. The aim of this paper is to explore new strategies to obtain plasmonic metal nanostructures through the combination of a top down method, that is electron beam lithography, and a bottom up technique, that is the chemical electroless deposition. This technique allows a tight control over the shape and size of bi- and three-dimensional metal patterns at the nano scale. The resulting nanostructures can be used as constituents of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) substrates, where the electromagnetic field is strongly amplified. Our results indicate that, in electroless growth, high quality metal nanostructures wit

SUBMITTER: Coluccio ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4029638 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature