scholarly journals Noble Metal Nanostructures Influence of Structure and Environment on Their Optical Properties

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondřej Kvítek ◽  
Jakub Siegel ◽  
Vladimír Hnatowicz ◽  
Václav Švorčík

Optical properties of nanostructured materials, isolated nanoparticles, and structures composed of both metals and semiconductors are broadly discussed. Fundamentals of the origin of surface plasmons as well as the surface plasmon resonance sensing are described and documented on a number of examples. Localized plasmon sensing and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy are subjected to special interest since those techniques are inherently associated with the direct application of plasmonic structures. The possibility of tailoring the optical properties of ultra-thin metal layers via controlling their shape and morphology by postdeposition annealing is documented. Special attention is paid to the contribution of bimetallic particles and layers as well as metal structures encapsulated in semiconductors and dielectrics to the optical response. The opportunity to tune the properties of materials over a large scale of values opens up entirely new application possibilities of optical active structures. The nature of surface plasmons predetermines noble metal nanostructures to be promising great materials for development of modern label-free sensing methods based on plasmon resonance—SPR and LSPR sensing.

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyan Liang ◽  
Hong Wei ◽  
Deng Pan ◽  
Hongxing Xu

AbstractNoble metal nanostructures have drawn attentions of researchers in many fields due to their particular optical properties. Controlling the metal nanostructures’ size, shape, material, assembly, and surrounding environment can tune their unique plasmonic features that are important for practical applications. In this review, we firstly discuss some novel metal nanostructures synthesized through wet chemical methods and their fundamental plasmonic properties. Then, some applications of these chemically synthesized nanostructures in plasmonics are highlighted, including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, plasmonic sensing, optical nanoantennas, and plasmonic circuitry. Plasmonic nanostructures provide the ways to manipulate light at the nanometer scale and open the prospects of developing nanophotonic devices for sensing and information technologies.


2017 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 276-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Petr ◽  
O. Kylián ◽  
A. Kuzminova ◽  
J. Kratochvíl ◽  
I. Khalakhan ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Grazia Manera ◽  
Adriano Colombelli ◽  
Antonietta Taurino ◽  
Antonio Garcia Martin ◽  
Roberto Rella

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 826
Author(s):  
Yanting Liu ◽  
Xuming Zhang

This review aims to summarize the recent advances and progress of plasmonic biosensors based on patterned plasmonic nanostructure arrays that are integrated with microfluidic chips for various biomedical detection applications. The plasmonic biosensors have made rapid progress in miniaturization sensors with greatly enhanced performance through the continuous advances in plasmon resonance techniques such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and localized SPR (LSPR)-based refractive index sensing, SPR imaging (SPRi), and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Meanwhile, microfluidic integration promotes multiplexing opportunities for the plasmonic biosensors in the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes. Particularly, different types of microfluidic-integrated plasmonic biosensor systems based on versatile patterned plasmonic nanostructured arrays were reviewed comprehensively, including their methods and relevant typical works. The microfluidics-based plasmonic biosensors provide a high-throughput platform for the biochemical molecular analysis with the advantages such as ultra-high sensitivity, label-free, and real time performance; thus, they continue to benefit the existing and emerging applications of biomedical studies, chemical analyses, and point-of-care diagnostics.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Cao ◽  
Zhenyu Wang ◽  
Liyan Bi ◽  
Jie Zheng

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a good candidate for the development of fast and easy-to-use diagnostic tools, possibly used on serum in screening tests. In this study, a potential label-free serum test based on SERS spectroscopy was developed to analyze human serum for the diagnosis of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We firstly synthesized novel highly branched gold nanoparticles (HGNPs) at high yield through a one-step reduction of HAuCl4 with dopamine hydrochloride at 60°C. Then, HGNP substrates with good reproducibility, uniformity, and high SERS effect were fabricated by the electrostatically assisted (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane-(APTES-) functionalized silicon wafer surface-sedimentary self-assembly method. Using as-prepared HGNP substrates as a high-performance sensing platform, SERS spectral data of serum obtained from healthy subjects, lung adenocarcinoma patients, lung squamous carcinoma patients, and large cell lung cancer patients were collected. The difference spectra among different types of NSCLC were compared, and analysis result revealed their intrinsic difference in types and contents of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, amino acids, and lipids. SERS spectra were analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA), which was able to distinguish different types of NSCLC. Considering its time efficiency, being label-free, and sensitivity, SERS based on HGNP substrates is very promising for mass screening NSCLC and plays an important role in the detection and prevention of other diseases.


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