Tip- and Plasmon-Enhanced Infrared Nanoscopy for Ultrasensitive Molecular Characterizations

Luan, Y.; McDermott, L.; Hu, F.; Fei, Z.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.034020

Tip- and Plasmon-Enhanced Infrared Nanoscopy for Ultrasensitive Molecular Characterizations

Journal Article · Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.034020· OSTI ID:1604072

Luan, Y. ^[1]; ^[2]; Hu, F. ^[1]; ^[1]

Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

Herein, we propose a method for ultrasensitive infrared (IR) vibrational spectroscopy of molecules with nanoscale footprints by combining the tip enhancement of a scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM) and the plasmon enhancement of breathing-mode (BM) plasmon resonances of graphene nanodisks (GNDs). To demonstrate this, we develop a quantitative model that is capable of computing accurately the s-SNOM signals of nanoscale samples. With our modeling, we show that the s-SNOM tip can effectively excite gate-tunable BM plasmonic resonances in GNDs with strong field enhancement and sensitive dependence on the size of GND. Moreover, we demonstrate that the intense electric field of tip-excited plasmonic BMs can strongly enhance the IR vibrational modes of molecules. As a result, IR vibrational signatures of individual molecular particles with sizes down to 1–2 nm are readily observable by s-SNOM. Our study sheds light on future ultrasensitive IR biosensing that takes advantage of both the tip and plasmon enhancement.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1604072

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1603735

Report Number(s):: IS-J--10,174

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 13; ISSN 2331-7019; ISSN PRAHB2

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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