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Functional Nanoimprinted Plasmonic Crystals for Chemical Sensing and Imaging

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We describe here nanoimprinted plasmonic crystals composed of highly uniform subwavelength metal nanohole and nanopost arrays and their application in surface-enhanced sensing and imaging. Soft nanoimprint lithography is a versatile, cost-effective method to precisely replicate these structures with well-characterized optical properties. These plasmonic crystals support multiple surface plasmon modes controlled by the design rules of the nanostructures, allowing us to optimize the devices for operation in a particular wavelength range. We have demonstrated the ability to spectroscopically measure bulk refractive index changes and mechanical deformation of hydrogels resulting from pH changes, thin film imaging with sensitivities down to submonolayer levels using a common optical microscope, and Raman signal enhancement using a single common device framework. These plasmonic crystals have the potential to overcome many of the technological limitations that have limited the widespread application and integration of surface-enhanced analytical techniques.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the support of the U. S. Department of Energy, Materials Science Division under award number DE-FG02-07ER46471, through the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois, including the Center for Microanalysis of Materials. The work at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract number DE-AC02-06CH11357.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    An-Phong Le, Ralph G. Nuzzo & John A. Rogers

  2. Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA

    Stephen K. Gray

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Ralph G. Nuzzo & John A. Rogers

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Le, AP., Gray, S.K., Nuzzo, R.G., Rogers, J.A. (2012). Functional Nanoimprinted Plasmonic Crystals for Chemical Sensing and Imaging. In: Dmitriev, A. (eds) Nanoplasmonic Sensors. Integrated Analytical Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3933-2_9

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