Comparable Enhancement of TERS Signals from WSe2 on Chromium and Gold

Krayev, Andrey V.; Krylyuk, Sergiy; Ilic, Robert; Hight Walker, Angela; Bhattarai, Ashish; Joly, Alan G.; Velicky, Matej; Davydov, Albert; El-Khoury, Patrick Z.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01298

Comparable Enhancement of TERS Signals from WSe₂ on Chromium and Gold

Journal Article · Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01298· OSTI ID:1708858

Krayev, Andrey V. ^[1]; Krylyuk, Sergiy ^[2]; Ilic, Robert ^[3]; Hight Walker, Angela ^[3]; Bhattarai, Ashish ^[4]; Joly, Alan G. ^[4]; Velicky, Matej ^[5]; Davydov, Albert ^[6]; ^[4]

Horiba Instruments Inc., Novato, CA (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Material Measurement Lab.; Theiss Research, Inc., La Jolla, CA (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Physical Measurement Lab.
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States); Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Material Measurement Lab.

Plasmonic tip-sample junctions, at which the incident and scattered optical fields are localized and optimally enhanced, are often exploited to achieve ultrasensitive and highly spatially localized tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS). Recent work has demonstrated that the sensitivity and spatial resolution that are required to probe single molecules are attainable in such platforms. In this work, we observe and rationalize comparable TERS from few-layer WSe₂ single crystals exfoliated onto Au- and Cr-coated Si substrates, using a plasmonic TERS probe excited with a 638-nm laser. Our experimental observations are supported by finite-difference time-domain simulations that illustrate that the attainable field enhancement factors at the Au-Au and Au-Cr tip-sample nanojunctions are comparable in magnitude. Furthermore, through a combined experimental and theoretical analysis, we propose that besides Au/Ag, several metallic substrates may be used to record bright TERS spectral images.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1708858

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--140248

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 124; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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