Tailored surface-enhanced raman nanopillar arrays fabricated by laser-assisted replication for biomolecular detection using organic semiconductor lasers

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 260-270

  Liu, Xin ^a,b   Lebedkin, Sergei ^c   Besser, Heino ^a,d   Pfleging, Wilhelm ^a,d   Prinz, Stephan ^a,f   Wissmann, Markus ^a,b   Schwab, Patrick M ^a,b   Nazarenko, Irina ^e   Guttmann, Markus ^a,b   Kappes, Manfred M ^a,d   Lemmer, Uli ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT)   (Germany)

^c Institute of Nanotechnology (INT)   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f TRUMPF LASER UND SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

laser material processing; nanoimprint lithography; nanostructure fabrication; organic semiconductor distributed feedback lasers; Raman spectroscopy; surface enhanced Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FABRICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD COATINGS; LASER EXCITATION; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC LASERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING;

BIOMOLECULAR DETECTIONS; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELING; LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING; NANOSTRUCTURE FABRICATION; SERS ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS);

LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING;

ADENOSINE; ALKENE; GOLD; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE 6G; SILVER; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DIODE LASER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADENOSINE; ALKENES; GOLD; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RHODAMINES; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84921714919     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506589a     Document Type: Article

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