Angstrom-scale distance dependence of antenna-enhanced vibrational signals

The resonantly enhanced near-field of micrometer-sized gold antennas has been probed with Angstrom-scale resolution. In situ surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopic vibrational signals of carbon monoxide (CO) layers cold-condensed on the antennas in ultrahigh-vacuum conditions are compared to the si...

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Hauptverfasser: Bochterle, Jörg (VerfasserIn) , Neubrech, Frank (VerfasserIn) , Pucci, Annemarie (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: November 19, 2012
In: ACS nano
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 6, Heft: 12, Pages: 10917-10923
ISSN:1936-086X
DOI:10.1021/nn304341c
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn304341c
Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1021/nn304341c
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Verfasserangaben:Jörg Bochterle, Frank Neubrech, Tadaaki Nagao, and Annemarie Pucci
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Zusammenfassung:The resonantly enhanced near-field of micrometer-sized gold antennas has been probed with Angstrom-scale resolution. In situ surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopic vibrational signals of carbon monoxide (CO) layers cold-condensed on the antennas in ultrahigh-vacuum conditions are compared to the signals of CO layers with corresponding thicknesses on a flat gold surface. Vibrational signals of CO as well as the shift of the plasmonic resonance frequency were used to analyze the distance dependence of the near-field. The signal enhancement induced by the antennas not only decays monotonically from the surface but, in contrast to classical near-field models, shows a maximum between 10 and 15 Å and decays also toward the surface of the antenna. This effect is attributed to the spill-out of the electron wave function, as expected from quantum mechanical calculations.
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ISSN:1936-086X
DOI:10.1021/nn304341c