Lithography nanosphere

Jensen T.R., Malinsky M.D., Haynes C.L., Van Duyne R.P., Nanosphere lithography Tunable localized surface plasmon resonance spectra of silver nanoparticles, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2000 104 10549-10556. 

Haynes CL, Van Duyne RP. Nanosphere lithography a versatile nanofabrication tool for studies of size-dependent nanoparticle optics. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2001,105, 5599-5611. 

Hulteen JC, Van Duyne RP. Nanosphere lithography a materials general fabrication process for periodic particle array surfaces. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 1995, 13, 1553-1558. 

Lithography techniques such as nanosphere lithography and electron-beam lithography are ideal methods to fabricate the reproducible SERS substrates [51]. They have been shown to improve the substrates performance by controlling the size and shape of colloidal nanoparticles and interparticle spacing [52]. Lithography techniques are simple to implement and of low cost. These advantages make them suitable platforms for the fabrication of SERS-active substrate. 

Common methods for the fabrication of metallic nanoparticle arrays are electron beam lithography, photolithography, laser ablation, colloidal synthesis, electrodeposition and, in recent time, nanosphere lithography for which a monodisperse nanosphere template acts as deposition mask. A review on advances in preparation of nanomaterials with localized plasmon resonance is given in [15]. 

Haynes CL, McFarland AD, Smith MT, Hulteen JC, Van Duyne RP (2002) Angle-resolved nanosphere lithography manipulation of nanoparticle size, shape, and interparticle spacing. J Phys Chem B 106(8) 1898-1902... 

Malinsky MD, Kelly KL, Schatz GC, Van Duyne RP (2001) Nanosphere lithography effect of substrate on the localized surface plasmon resonance spectrum of silver nanoparticles. J Phys Oiem B 105 2343... 

Zhang X, Yonzon CR, Young MA, Stuart DA, Van Duyne RP (2005) Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy biosensors excitation spectroscopy for optimisation of substrates fabricated by nanosphere lithography. TF.F. Proc Nanobiotechnol 152(6) 195-206... 

R. P. Van Duyne, Nanosphere lithography Size-tunable silver nano-particle and surface cluster arrays. /. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 303, 3854-3863. 

Nanosphere Lithography A Versatile Nanofabrication Tool for Studies of Size Dependent Nanoparticle Optics. 

Comparison of the enhancement factors between triangular nanoparticle arrays formed by nanosphere lithography and the MFON structures [8] shows that although the enhancement factor is about 10 times larger for the triangular... 

Ormonde, A.D., Hicks, E.C.M., Castillo, J., and Van Duyne, R.P. (2004) Nanosphere lithography fabrication of large-area Ag nanoparticle arrays by convective self-assembly and their characterisation by scanning UV-visiblc extinction spectroscopy. Langmuir, 20, 6927-6931. 

Hulteen, J.C., Treichel, D.A., Smith, M.T., Duval, M.L, Jensen, T.R., and Van Duyne, R.P. (1999) Nanosphere lithography size-tunable silver nanoparficle and surface cluster arrays. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 103, 3854-3863. 

Plasmonic properties of copper nanoparhcles fabricated by nanosphere lithography. Nano Letters, 7,1947-1952. 

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