Abstract
A quasi-periodic array of 3D gold-nanoparticle-capped SiO2 microspheres (Au@SiO2) was designed and prepared with a facile approach to enhance the Raman signal intensity of adsorbed biomolecules. Through adjusting the thickness and annealing of Au thin films initially deposited on arrays of self-assembled SiO2 microspheres, we were able to control the diameter of Au nanoparticles and their interparticle spacing to produce two types of plasmonic near-field hot spots, locating at the gaps of such densely arranged Au nanoparticles on individual SiO2 microspheres and in the gap regions of neighboring SiO2 microspheres, respectively. Such double near-field enhancement mechanism leads to a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) enhancement factor up to 3 × 106 for Rhodamine 6G molecules. The SERS signal intensity was highly uniform with a relative standard deviation of 4.5%. This 3D SERS substrate has significant potential for various applications in the field of SERS detection of analytes and wearable biosensing.
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