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Au Nanorod Arrays Tailored for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

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We have demonstrated surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) on arrays of Au nanorods aligned in line by a dynamic oblique deposition technique. For light polarized along the major axes of the nanorods, the plasma resonance of the Au nanorods has been tuned to a wavelength suitable for Raman spectroscopy. Raman scattering on the discrete nanorods is significantly enhanced compared with that on semicontinuous Au films. Since the preparation process is physically bottom-up, it is robust in its selection of the materials and is useful for providing SERS sensors at low cost.

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  1. Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Motofumi Suzuki, Kaoru Nakajima & Kenji Kimura

  2. JST Kyoto Pref. CREATE, Seika, Kyoto, 619-0237, Japan

    Takao Fukuoka

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, 610-0394, Japan

    Yasushige Mori

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Suzuki, M., Nakajima, K., Kimura, K. et al. Au Nanorod Arrays Tailored for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ANAL. SCI. 23, 829–833 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.23.829

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