Design and implementation of noble metal nanoparticle cluster arrays for plasmon enhanced biosensing

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Abstract

Nanoparticle cluster arrays (NCAs) are a class of electromagnetic materials that comprise chemically defined nano-particles assembled into clusters of defined size in an extended deterministic arrangement. NCAs are fabricated through integration of chemically synthesized building blocks into predefined patterns using a hybrid top-down/bottom-up fabrication approach that overcomes some of the limitations of conventional top-down fabrication methods with regard to minimum available feature size and structural complexity. NCAs can sustain near-field interactions between nanoparticles within individual clusters as well as between entire neighboring clusters. The availability of near-field interactions on multiple length scales, together with the ability to further enhance the coupled plasmon modes through photonic modes in carefully designed array morphologies, leads to a multiscale cascade electromagnetic field enhancement throughout the array. This feature article introduces the design and fabrication fundamentals of NCAs and characterizes the electromagnetic coupling mechanisms in the arrays. Furthermore, it reviews how the optical properties of NCAs can be tuned through the size and shape of the nanoparticle building blocks and the geometry, size, and separation of the assembled clusters. NCAs have potential applications in many different areas; this feature article focuses on plasmon enhanced biosensing and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, in particular. © 2011 American Chemical Society.

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Yan, B., Boriskina, S. V., & Reinhard, B. M. (2011). Design and implementation of noble metal nanoparticle cluster arrays for plasmon enhanced biosensing. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115(50), 24437–24453. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp207821t

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