Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Mediated Enhanced Raman Scattering and Its Use in Direct Monitoring of Interfacial Chemical Reactions

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• 作者：Li Li ; Tanya Hutter ; Alexander S. Finnemore ; Fu Min Huang ; Jeremy J. Baumberg ; Stephen R. Elliott ; Ullrich Steiner ; Sumeet Mahajan
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：August 8, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：12
• 期：8
• 页码：4242-4246
• 全文大小：303K
• 年卷期：v.12,no.8(August 8, 2012)
• ISSN：1530-6992

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Metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) have widespread usage across many disciplines, but monitoring molecular processes at their surfaces in situ has not been possible. Here we demonstrate that MONPs give highly enhanced (脳10⁴) Raman scattering signals from molecules at the interface permitting direct monitoring of their reactions, when placed on top of flat metallic surfaces. Experiments with different metal oxide materials and molecules indicate that the enhancement is generic and operates at the single nanoparticle level. Simulations confirm that the amplification is principally electromagnetic and is a result of optical modulation of the underlying plasmonic metallic surface by MONPs, which act as scattering antennae and couple light into the confined region sandwiched by the underlying surface. Because of additional functionalities of metal oxides as magnetic, photoelectrochemical and catalytic materials, enhanced Raman scattering mediated by MONPs opens up significant opportunities in fundamental science, allowing direct tracking and understanding of application-specific transformations at such interfaces. We show a first example by monitoring the MONP-assisted photocatalytic decomposition reaction of an organic dye by individual nanoparticles.

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