Abstract
We report a surface modification protocol to control nanoporous gold (NPG) disk morphology and tune its plasmonic resonance. Enlarged pore size up to ∼20 nm within 60 s dealloying time has been achieved by adsorbing halides onto alloy surfaces in-between two dealloying steps. In addition, plasmonic resonance has been significantly red-shifted by up to ∼258 nm by the surface modification. Furthermore, with the enlarged pore size, small gold nanoparticles have been effectively loaded into the pores to enhance the performance of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) due to hot spot formation between the original nanoporous network and loaded nanoparticles.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 247-252 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry C |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 14 Jan 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |