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Ultrafast plasmon dynamics and evanescent field distribution of reproducible surface-enhanced Raman-scattering substrates

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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a potent tool in bioanalytical science because the technique combines high sensitivity with molecular specificity. However, the widespread and routine use of SERS in quantitative biomedical diagnostics is limited by tight requirements on the reproducibility of the noble metal substrates used. To solve this problem, we recently introduced a novel approach to reproducible SERS substrates. In this contribution, we apply ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy to investigate the photo-induced collective charge-carrier dynamics in such substrates, which represents the fundamental origin of the SERS mechanism. The ultrafast experiments are accompanied by scanning-near field optical microscopy and SERS experiments to correlate the appearance of plasmon dynamics with the resultant evanescent field distribution and the analytically relevant SERS enhancement.

Ultrafast time-resolved differential absorption spectroscopy combined with scanning near-field optical microscopy (left) and atomic force microscopy (right) yields insight into the photoinduced charge-carrier dynamics in innovative reproducible SERS-substrates

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Christa Schmidt for the AFM image, Denis Akimov for technical assistance, and Michael Schmitt for helpful discussions and critical reading of the manuscript. R.S., B.D., and J.P. thank the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for financial support. The research project “Jenaer Biochip Initiative (JBCI)” within the framework “InnoProfile—Unternehmen Region” is financially supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Germany. Further financial support by the BMBF (Innoregio-ZIK and Metamat) as well as from Carl Zeiss, Inc. is acknowledged.

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  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Jenaer Biochip Initiative—JBCI), Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Dana Cialla, Robert Möller & Jürgen Popp

  2. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Ronald Siebert & Benjamin Dietzek

  3. Institute for Photonic Technology Jena, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Uwe Hübner, Robert Möller, Henrik Schneidewind, Roland Mattheis, Benjamin Dietzek & Jürgen Popp

  4. Institute of Applied Physics, Nanooptics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Jörg Petschulat, Andreas Tünnermann & Thomas Pertsch

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Cialla, D., Siebert, R., Hübner, U. et al. Ultrafast plasmon dynamics and evanescent field distribution of reproducible surface-enhanced Raman-scattering substrates. Anal Bioanal Chem 394, 1811–1818 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-009-2749-1

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