Adsorption of gold nanoparticles on silicon substrate and their application in Surface Enhancement Raman Scattering

Gold nanoparticles were synthesized by using sodium citrate and they were deposited on silicon wafer by immersion and by solvent evapora- tion methods. Silicon wafers was functionalized for the first method and a template of colloidal silica was used in the second one. Scanning electron microscopy s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: F. Castillo, E. Pérez, E. de la Rosa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Repositorio:Redalyc-UASLP
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57030389014
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57030389014
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
SERS
Keywords
plasmons
gold nanoparticles
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Sumario:Gold nanoparticles were synthesized by using sodium citrate and they were deposited on silicon wafer by immersion and by solvent evapora- tion methods. Silicon wafers was functionalized for the first method and a template of colloidal silica was used in the second one. Scanning electron microscopy shows a homogeneous distribution of nanoparticles on the surface for the immersion method and a self-assembly of gold nanoparticles forming clusters with different sizes in the solvent evaporation one. Rhodamine 6G at concentrations as lower as 10 ° 7 M was used to characterize the Surface Enhanced Raman scattering on surfaces prepared by both methods. The largest enhancement of Raman signal was observed for those substrates prepared by solvent evaporation where clusters were formed. Such enhancement is attributed to the intense electromagnetic field produced by plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles deposited on a surface.