High aspect ratio plasmonic nanostructures for sensing applications

Birgit Päivänranta; Hannes Merbold; Reto Giannini; Luca Büchi; Sergey Gorelick; Christian David; Jörg F. Löffler; Thomas Feurer; Yasin Ekinci

doi:10.1021/nn201529x

High aspect ratio plasmonic nanostructures for sensing applications

Birgit Päivänranta, Hannes Merbold, Reto Giannini, Luca Büchi, Sergey Gorelick, Christian David, Jörg F. Löffler, Thomas Feurer, Yasin Ekinci

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We present an experimental and theoretical study of plasmonic modes in high aspect ratio nanostructures in the visible wavelength region and demonstrate their high performance for sensing applications. Ordered and well-defined plasmonic structures with various cross-sectional profiles and heights are obtained using a top-down fabrication process. We show that, compared to cylindrical nanorods, structures with split-ring resonator-like cross sections have great potential for powerful sensing due to a pronounced polarization dependence, strong field enhancement, structural tunability, and improved mechanical stability. The plasmonic structures under study exhibit high sensitivities, up to nearly 600 nm/RIU, and figures of merit above 20.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6374-6382
Number of pages	9
Journal	ACS Nano
Volume	5
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nn201529x
Publication status	Published - 23 Aug 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

biosensing
high aspect ratio
nanofabrication
plasmonics
split-ring resonators

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