Fabrication of Large-Area Arrays of Vertically Aligned Gold Nanorods

Wei, Wenbo; Wang, Yuru; Ji, Juanjuan; Zuo, Shanshan; Li, Wentao; Bai, Feng; Fan, Hongyou

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01584

Fabrication of Large-Area Arrays of Vertically Aligned Gold Nanorods

Journal Article · Mon Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01584· OSTI ID:1469626

Wei, Wenbo ^[1]; Wang, Yuru ^[1]; Ji, Juanjuan ^[1]; Zuo, Shanshan ^[1]; Li, Wentao ^[1]; Bai, Feng ^[1]; ^[2]

Henan Univ., Kaifeng (China). Key Lab. for Special Functional Materials of the Ministry of Education. Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies

Anisotropic nanoparticles, such as nanorods and nanoprisms, enable packing of complex nanoparticle structures with different symmetry and assembly orientation, which result in unique functions. Despite previous extensive efforts, formation of large areas of oriented or aligned nanoparticle structures still remains a great challenge. In this paper, we report fabrication of large-area arrays of vertically aligned gold nanorods (GNR) through a controlled evaporation deposition process. We began with a homogeneous suspension of GNR and surfactants prepared in water. During drop casting on silicon substrates, evaporation of water progressively enriched the concentrations of the GNR suspension, which induces the balance between electrostatic interactions and entropically driven depletion attraction in the evaporating solution to produce large-area arrays of self-assembled GNR on the substrates. Electron microscopy characterizations revealed the formation of layers of vertically aligned GNR arrays that consisted of hexagonally close-packed GNR in each layer. Benefiting from the close-packed GNR arrays and their smooth topography, the GNR arrays exhibited a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal for molecular detection at a concentration as low as 10^–15 M. Because of the uniformity in large area, the GNR arrays exhibited exceptional detecting reproducibility and operability. Finally, this method is scalable and cost-effective and could lead to diverse packing structures and functions by variation of guest nanoparticles in the suspensions.

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Research Organization:: Henan Univ., Kaifeng (China); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Plan for Scientific Innovation Talent of Henan Province (China); Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (China); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1469626

Report Number(s):: SAND--2018-9736J; 667621

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 18; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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