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FDTD simulation studies and trace detection of cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine and rhodamine 6G over silver nanodendrites on silicon

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In this paper, the focus is to synthesis the silver nanodendrites (Ag NDs) over the surface of a silicon wafer and the trace detection of explosive molecules for defense applications. Redox reaction over the surface of silicon in solution of AgNO3 and HF solution is utilized for the chemical synthesis of silver dendritic nanostructures. The surface morphology of the fabricated nanodendrite is studied through field emission electron microscope (FESEM) and plasmonic simulation for a range of excitation wavelength over a single nanodendrite is done using the Ansys Lumerical FDTD (Finite—Difference Time Domain) method for electric field distribution over the surface of nanodendrite. Over these surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrates, the trace detection of rhodamine 6G (Rd6G) and high melting explosive (HMX) with concentration as low as 10−9 M and 10−7 M with enhancement factor of 64.19 × 106 and 1.1682 × 104, respectively, achieved.

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    Preeti Garg, Sandeep Dalal & Monika Kumari

  2. Application Engineer, CADFEM India, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560025, India

    Susruta Narayan Chaudhary

  3. Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety, Brig. S.K. Majumdar Road, Timarpur, Delhi, 110054, India

    Bharti

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PG conceived and designed the experiments. SNC helped in FDTD simulation of designed dendritic structure by PG in SolidWorks software. B got the TEM analysis done. MK and SD recorded the UV–Vis spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction pattern. The manuscript was written by PG and revised by B.

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Garg, P., Chaudhary, S.N., Bharti et al. FDTD simulation studies and trace detection of cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine and rhodamine 6G over silver nanodendrites on silicon. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 2188 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11629-7

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