Molybdenum Truncated Cone Arrays with Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Application

Cheng Wang; Tao Cui; Zhe Liu; Yu Lin; Shuai Tang; Lei Shao; Huanjun Chen; Yan Shen; Shaozhi Deng

doi:10.3390/photonics11100950

Photonics (Oct 2024)

Molybdenum Truncated Cone Arrays with Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Application

Cheng Wang,
Tao Cui,
Zhe Liu,
Yu Lin,
Shuai Tang,
Lei Shao,
Huanjun Chen,
Yan Shen,
Shaozhi Deng

Affiliations

Cheng Wang: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Tao Cui: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Zhe Liu: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Yu Lin: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Shuai Tang: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Lei Shao: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Huanjun Chen: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Yan Shen: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Shaozhi Deng: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11100950
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 10
p. 950

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Plasmonic materials have been extensively explored for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) due to their high tunability and excellent localized electric field enhancement. Most research for now has focused on noble metals, with limited investigation into corrosion-resistant materials for SERS effects. In this study, a photolithography process is firstly used to create a patterned dot array on a silicon substrate. Next, magnetron sputtering is employed to deposit molybdenum films, finally resulting in the molybdenum truncated cone array substrates for SERS applications. The fabricated truncated cone array experimentally facilitates the coupling of localized surface plasmon polaritons, consistent with simulation results obtained via the finite-difference time-domain method. The formation of hot spots between the cone unit cell arrays leads to the improved Raman signals and can act as traps for target molecules. This study demonstrates that molybdenum-based micro-nano structures can serve as reliable SERS substrates for sensitive molecular sensing applications in highly corrosive environments.

Published in Photonics

ISSN: 2304-6732 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/photonics

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