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Silver nanostructures evolution in porous SiO2/p-Si matrices for wide wavelength surface-enhanced Raman scattering applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2018

Dmitry Yakimchuk ,
Egor Kaniukov ,
Victoria Bundyukova ,
Liubov Osminkina ,
Steffen Teichert ,
Sergey Demyanov  and
Vladimir Sivakov
Dmitry Yakimchuk
Affiliation:
Division of Cryogenic Research, “Scientific-Practical Materials Research Center NAS of Belarus”, Minsk 220072, Belarus
Egor Kaniukov
Affiliation:
Division of Cryogenic Research, “Scientific-Practical Materials Research Center NAS of Belarus”, Minsk 220072, Belarus
Victoria Bundyukova
Affiliation:
Division of Cryogenic Research, “Scientific-Practical Materials Research Center NAS of Belarus”, Minsk 220072, Belarus
Liubov Osminkina
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
Steffen Teichert
Affiliation:
Ernst Abbe University of Applied Science, Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 2, Jena 07745, Germany
Sergey Demyanov
Affiliation:
Division of Cryogenic Research, “Scientific-Practical Materials Research Center NAS of Belarus”, Minsk 220072, Belarus
Vladimir Sivakov*
Affiliation:
Functional Interfaces Department, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert Einstein St, 9, Jena 07745, Germany
*
Address all correspondence to Vladimir Sivakov at vladimir.sivakov@leibniz-ipht.de
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Abstract

The formation of silver nanostructures (AgNSs) with different crystals morphology in porous SiO2/p-Si templates by the electroless wet-chemical method at temperatures between 20 and 50 °C and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) was investigated. It was found that optimized dendritic silver architectures contain a significant number of localized “hot spots.” We show that well-reproducible AgNSs provide a significantly enhanced Raman signal of Nile blue dye molecules up to 10−6 M by using different excitation wavelengths (473, 532, and 633 nm). Based on our observations, the well-organized AgNSs can act as efficient surfaces for SERS as well as (bio)-sensor applications.

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MRS Communications , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 95 - 99
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