A versatile fabrication
technique for plasmonic silver (Ag) nanostructures that uses visible
light exposure for micropatterning and plasmon resonance tuning is
presented. The surface of a glass substrate modified with gold (Au)
nanoseeds by a thermal dewetting process was used as a Ag plating
platform. When a solution containing silver nitrate and sodium citrate
was dropped on the Au nanoseeds under visible light exposure, the
plasmon-mediated reduction of Ag ions was induced on the Au nanoseeds
to form Ag nanostructures. The plasmon resonance spectra of Ag nanostructures
were examined by an absorption spectral measurement and a finite-difference
time-domain (FDTD) simulation. Some examples of Ag nanostructure patterning
were demonstrated by means of light exposure through a photomask,
direct writing with a focused laser beam, and the interference between
two laser beams. Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of 4-aminothiophenol
(4-ATP) was conducted with fabricated Ag nanostructures.
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