Surface-enhanced Raman scattering on diatom biosilica photonic crystals

Fanghui Ren; Jeremy Campbell; Dihan Hasan; Xiangyu Wang; Gregory L. Rorrer; Alan X. Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2009375

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12 April 2013 Surface-enhanced Raman scattering on diatom biosilica photonic crystals

Fanghui Ren, Jeremy Campbell, Dihan Hasan, Xiangyu Wang, Gregory L. Rorrer, Alan X. Wang

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Proceedings Volume 8598, Bioinspired, Biointegrated, Bioengineered Photonic Devices; 85980N (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009375
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Diatoms are a group of single-celled photosynthetic algae that make skeletal shells of hydrated amorphous silica, called frustules, which possess hierarchical nanoscale photonic crystal features made by a bottom-up approach at ambient temperature and pressure. In this paper, we theoretically investigate electric field enhancements of plasmonic nanoparticles coated on the surface of diatom skeletal shells. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering substrates are prepared by evaporating 10 nm thick silver film and self-assembling silver nanoparticles on diatom surfaces, which show significantly better SERS signals than silver nanoparticles on flat glass substrates.

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Fanghui Ren, Jeremy Campbell, Dihan Hasan, Xiangyu Wang, Gregory L. Rorrer, and Alan X. Wang "Surface-enhanced Raman scattering on diatom biosilica photonic crystals", Proc. SPIE 8598, Bioinspired, Biointegrated, Bioengineered Photonic Devices, 85980N (12 April 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009375

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