Surface–enhanced Raman scattering on single–wall carbon nanotubes
- 14 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Vol. 362 (1824), 2361-2373
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2004.1445
Abstract
Exploiting the effect of surface–enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), the Raman signal of single–wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) can be enhanced by up to 14 orders of magnitude when the tubes are in contact with silver or gold nanostructures and Raman scattering takes place predominantly in the enhanced local optical fields of the nanostructures. Such a level of enhancement offers exciting opportunities for ultrasensitive Raman studies on SWNTs and allows resonant and non–resonant Raman experiments to be done on single SWNTs at relatively high signal levels. Since the optical fields are highly localized within so–called ‘hot spots’ on fractal silver colloidal clusters, lateral confinement of the Raman scattering can be as small as 5 nm, allowing spectroscopic selection of a single nanotube from a larger population. Moreover, since SWNTs are very stable ‘artificial molecules’ with a high aspect ratio and a strong electron–phonon coupling, they are unique ‘test molecules’ for investigating the SERS effect itself and for probing the ‘electromagnetic field contribution’ and ‘charge transfer contribution’ to the effect. SERS is also a powerful tool for monitoring the ‘chemical’ interaction between the nanotube and the metal nanostructure.Keywords
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