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A high-efficiency surface-enhanced raman scattering substrate based on silicon nanowires array decorated with silver nanoparticles

  • Ming-Liang Zhang
  • , Xia Fan
  • , Hong-Wei Zhou
  • , Ming-Wang Shao
  • , J. Antonio Zapien
  • , Ning-Bew Wong
  • , Shuit-Tong Lee

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Abstract

We introduce a unique surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate, which is made of hierarchical nanoarrays comprising silicon nanowires (SiNWs) decorated with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). SiNWs arrays were produced through chemical etching of n-Si(100) wafer, while AgNPs were directly grown on SiNWs through galvanic redox reaction without any organic contamination. Solid surface extinction spectrum revealed strong surface plasmon absorption in a broad range (from 200 to 1000 nm) indicating that surface plasmon induced by the incident laser could resonate with incident and scattering photons in a broad wavelength region. The 3D arrangement of the AgNPs
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1969-1975
JournalThe Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume114
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Feb 2010

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