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Size Dependence of Nanoparticle-SERS Enhancement from Silver Film over Nanosphere (AgFON) Substrate

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The dependence of nanoparticle size on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) from silver film over nanospheres substrate is studied. For a range of nanosphere sizes from 430 to 1,500 nm, optimum SERS signal is obtained with a nanosphere size of 1,000 nm at an excitation wavelength of 532 nm. We have clarified the physical origin of this optimization in an unambiguious way as due to resonant plasmonic excitations from 3D finite-difference time-domain simulations, as well as with the assistance of UV-visible reflectance spectrum.

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H.-P. Chiang acknowledges financial support from Center for Marine Bioenvironment and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University and the National Science Council of ROC under grant number NSC 97-2112-M-019-001-MY3.

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  1. Institute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, No. 2 Pei-Ning Rd., 202, Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Wen-Chi Lin, Lu-Shing Liao & Hai-Pang Chiang

  2. Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Yi-Hui Chen & Hung-Chun Chang

  3. Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Din Ping Tsai

  4. Instrument Technology Research Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Din Ping Tsai & Hai-Pang Chiang

  5. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Hai-Pang Chiang

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Lin, WC., Liao, LS., Chen, YH. et al. Size Dependence of Nanoparticle-SERS Enhancement from Silver Film over Nanosphere (AgFON) Substrate. Plasmonics 6, 201–206 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-010-9188-x

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