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Plasmonic carbon nanohybrids from laser-induced deposition: controlled synthesis and SERS properties

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A novel single-step, laser-induced and solution-based process is presented for synthesizing complex hybrid metal/carbon nanostructures. The process relies on simply illuminating the interface between a substrate and a liquid solution of the supramolecular complex [Au13Ag12(C2Ph)20(PPh2(C6H4)3PPh2)3][PF6]5 (hereinafter abbreviated as SMC) with an unfocussed He–Cd laser having a wavelength of 325 nm and an intensity of I = 0.5 W/cm2. The process results in hybrid nanostructures of well-controlled morphology: nanoparticles (NP) and 2D flakes, which may also grow jointly to form 3D morphologically complex multipetal ‘flower-like’ structures. At the atomic scale, the obtained metamaterials are complex in composition and structure, i.e., they contain bimetallic Au–Ag nanoclusters of diameter 3–5 nm incorporated inside a carbonaceous matrix. This matrix can be amorphous or crystalline, and the details of the compositional outcome can be controlled and steered by the laser deposition parameters. Au–Ag nanoclusters show plasmonic behavior including the enhancement of electromagnetic fields of visible light. This leads to the enhancement of Raman scattering by the Au–Ag nanoparticle ensemble within the carbonaceous matrix. This enables a 3D architecture for stimulating surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS).

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Acknowledgements

The reported study was supported by RFBR project #17-03-01284, St. Petersburg university grant 12.40.1342.2017 and by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the research projects ‘Dynamics and Interactions of Semiconductor Nanowires for Optoelectronics’ (FOR 1616) and ‘Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for Opto-Electronics’ (HIOS, SFB 951). Raman and UV/Vis absorption spectra were measured at Center for Optical and Laser Materials Research and Centre for Geo-Environmental Research and Modelling (GEOMODEL), TEM and SEM analysis was carried out at the Interdisciplinary Resource Center for Nanotechnology, XRD analysis was carried out at Centre for X-ray Diffraction Studies, MBT solutions were prepared at Centre for Molecular and Cell Technologies, St. Petersburg State University. The authors are grateful to I. Koshevoy and S. Tunik for allocation of SMC, I. Kasatkin for XRD analysis.

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  1. Center for Optical and Laser Materials Research, St. Petersburg State University, Research Park, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Anastasia Povolotckaia, Dmitrii Pankin & Ilya Kolesnikov

  2. Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Yuriy Petrov

  3. Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Anna Vasileva & Alina Manshina

  4. Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany

    George Sarau & Silke Christiansen

  5. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany

    George Sarau, Silke Christiansen & Gerd Leuchs

  6. Physics Department, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Silke Christiansen

  7. Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Gerd Leuchs

  8. Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, 140 Louis Pasteur (130), Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada

    Gerd Leuchs

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Povolotckaia, A., Pankin, D., Petrov, Y. et al. Plasmonic carbon nanohybrids from laser-induced deposition: controlled synthesis and SERS properties. J Mater Sci 54, 8177–8186 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03478-9

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