Development of Focus-Free SERS Substrate Assembly

Abstract

Ion beam irradiation has been used to develop microlens arrays for focus-free SERS substrate assembly development. Pulsed electron-beam deposition by ablating Ag target provides further understanding of the PED technique. Under low pressure and lighter mass of backing gas, a smooth thin film can be formed. The increase of molecular mass of the backing gas will result in nanoparticle formation. PED is a powerful technique for materials fabrication and SERS substrate fabrication. All results do indicate the potential for SERS based spectral sensing development but more work is required to further developments. The original proposal was proposed and funded was a 2-year project, funding was cut for the second year. Thus, we can only demonstrate the feasibility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 2007
Accession Number
ADA524871

Entities

People

  • R. Mu

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Fabrication
  • Films
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanostructures
  • Particles
  • Substrates
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • Thin Films

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Software Engineering
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene