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Water Droplets Self-assembly to Au Nanoporous Films with Special Light Trapping and Surface Electromagnetic Field Enhancement Vanessa H Fragal, Elizangela H Fragal, Adley Forti Rubira, and Rafael Silva Langmuir, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01794 • Publication Date (Web): 01 Nov 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 1, 2018

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Water Droplets Self-assembly to Au Nanoporous Films with Special

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Light Trapping and Surface Electromagnetic Field Enhancement

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Vanessa H. Fragal, Elizângela H. Fragal, Adley F. Rubira and Rafael Silva*

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Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-

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900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.

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* Email: [email protected]

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KEYWORDS: Electromagnetic Field Enhancement; Nanofabrication; Nanopores arrays; Breath

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Figure Method; Plasmonics.

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ABSTRACT. Gold nano “breath figure” films are for the first time reported and their function as

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ideal systems for plasmonics demonstrated. Metal nano breath figure substrates are metal thin

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films containing nanoholes arrays supported on a solid substrate. Au nanoholes arrays are

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prepared from the dynamic breath figure phenomenon, in which the pores formation is controlled

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to provide holes smaller than 100 nm. Au layer is deposited on polymer substrates containing

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breath figure topology. The breath figure topology can be fully translated to the Au layer. The

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nanofabrication process is completed within few minutes. Simplified preparation process but

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very impressive light trapping and surface electromagnetic field enhancement are related to the

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Au breath figure films obtained in this work. The porous films demonstrated higher absorbance

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in the region of 500 to 1100 nm than non-porous Au films. In the case of 10 nm Au film the

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plasmon absorbance becomes more intense than the electronic band absorbance. The EM

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enhancement is proved by SERS effect, which is found to be very close to the maximum possible

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value predicted for non-resonant species.

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INTRODUCTION

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Nanoscience and nanotechnology have been burgeoning the knowledge of human kind

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about the nature’s more intriguing features to create marvelous man-made systems to improve

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human development level. The main principle of nanoscience is to take advantage of properties

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that emerge from dimension confinement effects.1-4 A perfect example is the Surface Plasmon

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Resonance (SPR) effect that appears due to quantum confinement of free electrons in metallic

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systems.5-7 Plasmonics become a very broad research field once the capabilities of SPR effects

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are often interpolated in the development of cutting edge technologies, for instance enhanced

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biosensors, energy harvesting by sensitized solar cells, heterogeneous photocatalysis,

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microelectronics, and nanomedicines.8-12

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SPR can be used as a powerful analytical tool capable of providing information regarding

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the structure of a variety of analytes in a nondestructively away.13 Then, it has been applied to

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various fields including environmental science, health care, biology, and even against terroristic

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threats because of its ability to detect trace-level analytes such as pesticides, heavy metals,

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explosives, proteins, pathogens, and other chemical and biological contaminants. 14-21

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Macroscopic solid substrate with SPR effects are demanded to bring many of the

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plasmonic promises to real cases applications.22 In SPR, the selection of suitable substrate

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determines the sensitivity, reproducibility and stability of the signal. 23 Although the fabrication

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of SPR substrates is no longer viewed as an challenging barrier, the key impediment for the

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practical use of SPR-based sensors is still the lack of robust and facile fabrication strategies for


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reproducible SPR substrates with economic fabrication of large-scale and stable Raman

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enhancement.24

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Experimental and theoretical studies demonstrate that substrates with ordered structures

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show several advantages over disordered nanostructures; periodic arrays of nanoparticles possess

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maximized specific surface density of hot spots and higher surface enhancement factors (EFs).25-

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mature research area with thousands of different approaches.27 However, an ideal system is still a

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challenge.28-29 The idealization of a perfect surface for plasmonics requests:30-32 (i)

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nanostructures that lead to maximum electromagnetic (EM) field enhancement areas known as

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“hot spots”; (ii) densely packed “hot spots” throughout macroscale dimensions; and (iii) a

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fabrication methodology that could be carried out quickly using only routine laboratory facilities.

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Up to now, the most commonly used method to prepare ordered SPR substrates is still dependent

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on lithography techniques. However, these methods usually require complicated synthesis

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procedures and expensive equipment. Currently the best alternative, honeycomb-patterned films

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via the breath figure (BF) method,

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uses condensed water droplets as dynamic templates40-41, have also been used as SERS

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substrates.42-44

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Noble metals such as Ag and Au are best substrates for SERS 23, 45. Than additional functionality

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can be achieved when metal films deposited over a monolayer of nano or microholes sustain

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both photonic and plasmonic resonances that can synergistically interact to create new

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capabilities that reach beyond those of the individual components. Depending on the periodicity

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and refractive index of the 2D array, it is possible transmit, scatter, reflect or laterally guide the

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normally incident light. 46-48

Therefore, the development of nanostructured substrate for plasmonic application is a very

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which is a simple, fast and template - free method that


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In this work, we demonstrate the use of a phenomenon known as “breath figure” as a pathway to

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create ordered metallic surface containing hexagonal nanoholes’ arrays. Even though it consists

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of straightforward procedure, the obtained materials demonstrate to be extraordinary superior to

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nanostructured surfaces built by elaborated nanofabrication tools. Breath figure method has been

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only used for porous polymers thin layers supported on difference substrates since the beginning

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of 90’s.49-50 For a long time, this method was restricted to micrometer scale construction, but new

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perspectives to the method emerged from the control of the breath figure pore size at the

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nanoscale dimension. We recently reported the use of breath figure phenomenon to generate

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modified surface with ordered porous structures with pores size within nanoscale dimensions

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using breath figure method assisted by spin coating deposition.51 Here, we expand the idea to

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obtain Au 2D hexagonal close packed nanoholes arrays. A base substrate was covered with

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polymer thin layer by modified breath figure method, in which the pore size can be modulated,

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and then a thin Au layer was deposited by sputtering transferring the breath figure topology to

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the Au layer.

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Experimental section

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Spin coating and humidity control. The experiments were carried out using a SCS G3 Spin

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Coater Model G3P-8. Humidity was controlled using a saturated solution of ammonium sulfate.

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A beaker containing a saturated solution of ammonium sulfate is placed inside the spin coating

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chamber two days prior it uses to warranty the stabilization of the humidity. A hygrometer is also

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placed inside the chamber to measure the humidity. The humidity was kept constant at 81%. The

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spin coater chamber temperature was kept at 25 oC.


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Synthesis of nanoporous films of polystyrene (PS) on polyethylene (PE). On a PE film placed

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in the spin coater was added 150 µL of a solution of 10% (w/v) PS in tetrahydrofuran (THF).

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The system was run for 10 s at 1000 rpm. Similar procedure was used to produce samples with

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different spin speed of 3000 and 9000 rpm.51

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The sputtering of Au film on all nanoporous PS/PE substrate was carried out with SCD 050,

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Sputter coater, BAL-TEC. The sputtering was carried out using a constant current of 60 mA. The

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Au thicknesses were varied according to the total sputtering time to generate sputtered films with

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Au average thickness of 10, 30 and 80 nm (Figure S1).

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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopic (AFM): SEM images

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were obtained by a Shimadzu model SS 550 Superscan, with accelerating voltage of 10 kV.

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AFM images and average depth roughness (Rz) surfaces values were obtained from Shimadzu

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SPM-9500J3 equipment.

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Total Reflectance and Total Transmittance. UV-Vis-NIR spectra were acquired in an

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equipment Perkin Elmer Lambda 1050 with integrating sphere accessory for both reflectance and

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transmittance measurements. The transmittance spectra were corrected to remove the effect

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polymer substrate absortance, using the total transmission spectrum of the bare PE film.

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Raman Measurement. Raman spectra were obtained by a dispersive Raman microscope Bruker

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Optics SENTERRA using a Renishaw laser diode (785 nm) for excitation. The focused laser

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beam was done using 20-fold increase lens. As a parameter for the acquisition, we selected the

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region of 500 - 2000 cm-1. Each sample was analyzed using at 4 different acquisition points and

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60 accumulations at each point and 1 second accumulation time. The experiments was carried

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out with triplicate samples. Therefore, all the Raman spectra presented in this work are the

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average of 12 measurements (3 samples and 4 points per sample).


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For the SERS measurements, as-prepared Au/breath figure substrates were cut into small

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square pieces (5 mm × 5 mm). On the substrate piece was added 0.25 mL (a drop) of 4-

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mercaptopyridine (4-Mpy) aqueous solutions. 4-Mpy solution concentration was varied in the

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range of 10−1 to 10−9 mol/L. For the comparison of SERS activity, the non-porous Au/PS/PE was

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used as standard, then 0.25 mL of 1 × 10−1 mol/L of 4-Mpy aqueous solution was uniformly

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distributed onto 5 mm × 5 mm pieces of the standard substrate. 4-Mpy solution were allowed to

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dry under room temperature. Raman measurements for these substrates were carried out under

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identical experimental conditions (such as laser, wavelength and power, microscope

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objective/lenses, integration duration, etc).

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Breath figure method involves water condensation on the surface of polymer solutions

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during polymer casting process at high humidity level, Figure 1a.52-55 Water condensation due to

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high humidity level of the surrounds leads to water droplets growth on the polymer surface. The

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water droplet growth process determines the final shape of the structured surface. During the

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growth process the droplets sink into the underneath polymer solution when the droplets reach a

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certain size that enables the droplets to overcome the surface tension of the polymer solution.

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Water droplets sink and dislodge polymer solution from specific spots.

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The polymer solution evaporation is essential in the formation of breath figure structure,

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therefore, a volatile solvent is used. Once the polymer solution is spread on the substrate surface

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the polymer solution evaporates in a short time period, then the water droplet size is limited by

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the evaporating time.


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Figure 1. (a) Mechanism of formation of porous thin film by breath figure phenomenon. (b)

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SEM micrographs of pristine PE and after the deposition of porous PS layer at different rotation

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(1000, 3000 and 9000 rpm) and 30 nm of Au. (c) Schematic representation of ordered Au/PS

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nanoporous films for SERS substrates.

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When breath figure method is performed with the aid of spin coating, the thickness of the

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polymer solution spread over the substrate depends on the spin speed. Therefore, very thin film


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of the polymer solution can be obtained at higher speeds and polymer solidify within few

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seconds due to the fast solvent evaporation. As a result, the formation of the breath figure

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structure depends on the underlying equilibrium between water condensation kinetics and

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solvent evaporation kinetics. A short evaporation time limits the size of the water droplets

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leading to small pores. In general, the procedure to breath figure fabrication takes less than 10

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seconds.

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PE was used as substrate, since it is inert, cheap, and flexible.56-58 Nonetheless, it is worth

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to point out that any solid substrate could be potentially used. In addition, previous surface

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treatment is not necessary to start the nanofabrication process. Although any substrate can be

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applied, we previously reported the pore size obtained changes accordingly to the surface

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wettability.51

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PS breath figure structures were deposited on PE surface using different spin speed.

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Nanoporous PS films deposited on PE were obtained at 1000, 3000, and 9000 rpm. Pore size

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decreases with the increase of the spin speed, Figure 1b and Figure S2, the average pore diameter

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are 303 ± 68, 123 ± 23 and 80 ± 23 nm, for 1000, 3000, and 9000 rpm, respectively.

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Au film was deposited on breath figure structure through sputtering process. Au thickness

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was controlled by the sputtering time. AFM images of the breath figure structures, before and

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after Au deposition, demonstrated that breath figure topology can be retained after Au

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deposition, Figure 2. Rz determined by the AFM analysis is presented in function of the Au

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thickness, Figure 2g. Rz values is used to demonstrate the attenuation of the surface breath figure

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structure after Au deposition. For 10 nm Au layer, the surface roughness is just slightly

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attenuated. Increasing the Au film thickness to 30 nm, a further attenuation of the surface

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roughness is verified, but Rz values is still close of the prepared PS breath figure substrate. The


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AFM images of the samples prepared with 30 nm Au layer evidenced the holes formed by breath

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figure is still present. An intense variation of Rz values is verified for 80 nm Au layer (Figure S4,

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S5 and S6), which a severe attenuation of the surface occurs and the nanoholes are deteriorated.

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Figure 2. AFM images of nanoporous PS on PE at 1000 (a,b); 3000 (c,d) and 9000 rpm (e,f);

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without Au deposition (a, c and e) and with 30 nm film (b, d and f). Rz vs Au layer thickness (g).

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The interaction of the light with the Au porous films are studied to evaluate the effect of

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the nanopores arrays in absorb and scatter light. Plasmonic effects are generated by the free

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electron confinement in the nanostructures that arise from the pore size and shape. The light

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trapped by the nanopores is measured and the absortance of the films calculated to a broad

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spectral region from UV to near IR region. The absortance of the films is determined by the

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difference among the incident light with total reflected light and total transmitted light, Figure 3.

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The total reflected and total transmitted light were measured by collecting the reflected or

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transmitted light with an integrating sphere. Some trivial aspects are observed in the system. The

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increase in the reflectance follows the increase of the surface roughness and the total transmitted

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light decreases greatly with the increase of the Au thickness.

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On the other hand, some aspect as worthy to note, the transmission of light occurs even in

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the case of flat Au films deposited. For instance, for the film with 10 nm it is observed

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transmittance around or higher than 40% for the whole analyzed spectral region with a maximum

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peak at the Au band edge (500 nm). A small reduction on the transmitted light in the regions

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between 500 to 1100 nm is the only difference observed to the Au flat film in relation to the

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porous films. Increasing Au thickness to 30 nm the transmittance of the film decrease abruptly

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but it is still observed. For the flat Au films, a peak at 450 nm and 10% of transmittance is

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verified. The data for the flat substrates are in good agreement with the literature reports about

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the extraordinary optical transmission through thin Au films.59-60

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The extraordinary optical transmission occurs as consequence of the light coupling with

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absorption modes present in the Au film.61 For the system with 30 nm Au film, optical

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transmission increases for the porous substrates with the burgeoning of a new transmission band

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in the Au longitudinal SPR region. The peak initially observed at 450 nm for the flat Au film,


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that is located close the Au band edge, undergoes a red shift of 50 nm and the peak intensity

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increases for all porous substrate reaching 20% of transmittance. This shift and increase is

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believed to be due to the overlapping of the light couled with the Au electronic band absorption

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and transverse SPR effect that is generated by the nanoholes. In addition, a second and broad

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peak is observed for the sample with larger pores around 700 nm with transmittance around 10%.

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Therefore, the increase of the transmittance in the region above 500 nm is due to the many

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different modes of longitudinal SPR band of Au structure due to the increase of the Au thickness.

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The effect of the pores in the Au films is perceived in the absortance pattern of the films.

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For the flat Au films, the absortance are higher in the regions with wavelength lower than the

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band edge and it decreases for wavelength higher than 500 nm. For porous Au films the

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absortance spectra changes abruptly. The absortance in the region with wavelength lower than

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band edge is drastically increased. In fact, the absortance for the porous films can be even higher

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in the region between 500 to 1100 than bellow 500 nm, as it is observed for the Au film with 10

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nm. The absortance in the 10 nm Au thickness is higher in smaller pores (3000 and 9000 rpm,

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black and red lines, respectively) than in the big ones. It could be correlated to the higher surface

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density of surface plasmon polaritons on the film with smaller pores. Therefore, the increase of

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the absorption in this range is a measurement of the trapped light due the nanoporous arrays

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absorptivity. The behavior of the absortance for the porous Au films with 30 nm evidenced that

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the higher increment in the light trapping is observed for the film prepared at 1000 nm. The

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Figure 3. Scheme of the interaction of light with the Au breath figure substrate and experimental

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data for: (i) total reflectance measured by integrating-sphere reflectance spectra; (ii) transmitted

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light spectra measured in transmission mode; and (iii) absortance spectra determined by the

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difference of the incident light intensity with the process (i) and (ii). The different samples are

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identified by colored lines: non-porous substrate (green); breath figure substrate at 1000 rpm

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(blue); breath figure substrate prepared at 3000 rpm (black); breath figure substrate prepared at

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9000 rpm (red).


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The ability of the nanoholes arrays to EM field by surface plasmon effect is probed using

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surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).62-63 The increase of the Raman signal’s intensity

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for probe molecules occurs by the enhancement of incident field intensity caused by the local

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electric-field and also due to the enhancement in polarizability due to chemical effects. In

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theoretical and semiempirical studies of nanoparticles arrays, the average EM enhancement

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factors are found to be correlated to the particles shape and size, particles arrangement and

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distance between particles. For instance, 2D square-lattice arrays of Au nanospheres can

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theoretically provide a maximum average enhancement of 5 x 108.64 Higher average EM

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enhancement factors are observed for Ag, around 2x109.64 However, Au is preferred in

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comparison to Ag due to the higher chemical stability of Au, which is important to the

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development of more reliable devices. SERS enhancement factors close to 108 or even higher

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have been reported in many experimental works, but these reports use resonant molecules, i.e.

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rhodamine 6G, as molecular probes. The enhancement factor of resonant molecular probes, that

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can be as higher as 1014, is much higher than non-resonant species.

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The use of nanoholes formed in metal thin film to enhanced electromagnetic (EM) field

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have been previously reported. Au thin films having nanoholes arrays produced by focused ion

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been (FIB) milling or anodization process followed by chemical etching are able to enhance

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molecular fluorescence and also Raman scattering.65-68 Zheng et al. reported the enhancement

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factor of Au nanoholes arrays coupled with Au nanostar core@shell particles carrying molecular

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probe could be as high as 4.5 x 106.69 Honeycomb-patterned films with pore diameter around 2


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microns prepared by breath figure were covered with Ag nanoparticles and enhancement factor

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as high as 4 x 108 were reported, using rhodamine 6G, a resonant specie.25

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Au breath figure substrate were used as based substrate for SERS. 4-mercaptopyridine (4-

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Mpy) was applied over the substrates as a non-resonant molecular probe. Strong Raman

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scattering signals of probe molecules are observed over Au breath figure substrates, Figure 4a,

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when a diluted 1 µM 4-Mpy solution was applied to Au breath figure substrate. In the Raman

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spectra it is possible to observe the intense bands characteristic of 4-Mpy at 1440 (v(C=C/C=N)),

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1295(β (CH)/δ(NH)), 1130 and 1060 cm-1 (vibration ring CS).70-72

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The prove of the effect of the breath figure topology on the enhancement of the 4-Mpy

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bands is demonstrated with a non-porous sample as blank. The blank sample consists of PE

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substrates covered with a non-porous PS layer and recovered with Au layer by the same

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sputtering method and condition (See Support information, Figure S3 for details on the

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characterization of the non-porous substrate). There is a keen difference in the Raman spectra

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between the sample obtained using the non-porous Au/PS/PE substrate and the Au/breath figure

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substrates. In fact, 4-Mpy signals can only be observed by the use of concentrated 4-Mpy

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solution, 0.1 M. However, even applying a more concentrated solution on the non-porous Au/PS

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surface, the 4-Mpy peaks appears with low intensity. The non-porous Au/PS/PE substrate was

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used to calculate the enhancement factor (EF) assuming it does not provide any enhancement

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effect. Therefore, the EF values described, Figure 4d and in the Figure S7, are calculated by the

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difference of intensity of the signal at the Au/breath figure topology in comparison to the non-

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porous Au/PS/PE substrate surface, taking in consideration the difference on the total amount of

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molecular probe available at the substrates surface. The EF that Au/Breath figure topology

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generated were calculated from the Raman spectra using Equation 1.73


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EF= (ISERS/IRAMAN). (NBULK/NADS)

(Equation (1))

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where ISERS and IRAMAN are the intensities of the vibrational modes in the SERS and normal

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Raman spectra, respectively. NBULK is the number of 4-Mpy molecules adsorbed on the non-

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porous Au/PS/PE and NADS is the number of molecules of 4- Mpy adsorbed on the Au/Breath

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figure.

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Figure 4. (a) Raman spectra of 4-Mpy 10-6 mol/L (i) 9000; (ii) 3000; (iii) 1000 rpm and (iv) non-

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porous standard 0.1 mol/L; (b) 3000 rpm and 10-6 mol/L (i) 30 nm Au layer and (ii) 10 nm Au

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layer; (c) 3000 rpm and 10 nm Au layer (i) 0.1 mol/L; (ii) 10-6 mol/L; (iii) 10-9 mol/L and (iv)

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Even though all the samples provided strong enhancement effects, some trends among

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the sample fabrication parameters are verified. For instance, the pore diameter has linear

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influence on the EF value. In the Figure 4a is possible to verified an increase in the Raman signal

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in function of the increase of the spin speed. These trend is observed for almost all peaks and Au

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thickness, Figure S8. In the Figure 4d, EF varies almost linearly with the spin speed. At 1130 cm-

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rpm. The polymer breath figure pattern underneath Au in the samples prepared with spin speed

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of 1000 rpm and 9000 rpm have pore diameter of 303 and 80 nm, respectively. Although, the

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pore diameter affects the EF, there is a disparity between the pore diameter decrease and the

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magnitude of the EF increase. The effect of the pore diameter can be understood considering the

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pore cavities are not the “hot spots” region in the porous structures, but the rims along the pores

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are, as demonstrated by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation carried out by Zheng

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et al. using gold nanoholes array.69 Therefore, the variation of the rim shape and dimensions does

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not direct follow the magnitude of the changes in the pore diameter.

, the sample prepared at 9000 rpm have EF 2 times higher than the sample prepared at 1000

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Au layer thickness is also able to cause changes on the EF values. Considering 4-Mpy

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signal at 1130 cm-1, the samples prepared with 10 nm Au layer provide generally higher EF

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values than samples prepared with 30 nm Au layer. However, the intensity of the EF variations

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for distinct Au layer thickness conditions depends on the vibrational mode and it can as high as

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3-fold difference. Structural difference arises from the change on the Au layer thickness, like the

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observed attenuation of the breath figure topology. The attenuation of the breath figure topology

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is likely to be the main factor on the EF values, since the changes on the EF values is not similar

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for all 4-Mpy vibration mode, therefore, it is caused by the change on geometric effect of EM

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The sensibility of the SERS is verified on the analysis of diluted solution of 4-Mpy,

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Figure 4c. The vibration modes of 4-Mpy can be identified by the analysis of a single drop (250

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µL) of a 1 nM 4-Mpy solution by the use of the Au breath figure substrate, demonstrating the

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limit detection of the analyte is better than 1 ppt (1 part per trillion). Two important facts have to

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be noted at this point, substrate stability and non-resonant analyte. The substrate was prepared

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with Au, that normally provide lower EF than Ag, but the use of Au substrates has stability as its

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main advantage. In addition, the molecular probe used is a non-resonant specie and the most

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common SPR applications deals with non-resonant species. Therefore, the EF value of ca. 2.4 x

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108 EF for Au and a non-resonant molecular probe has to be considered a new milestone for

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In conclusion, we showed here the use of breath figure phenomenon (modified breath

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figure method) to produce metallic porous topography with pore diameter lower than 100 nm.

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Substrates with pore size in the range of 80 to 300 nm scale were obtained by the modified

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breath figure method. The pore size is easily controlled by adjusting the spin speed in the spin

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coating process. The methodology can be easily extended to other metals like copper and silver.

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The growth of the Au layer preserves the underneath breath figure topology when thin Au layer

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are deposited (10 and 30 nm), however, increasing the Au thickness to 80 nm cause severe

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attenuation of the breath figure topology.

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trapping light in the region with wavelength higher than the Au band edge. Strong SERS effect is

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substrate and a non-resonant species, to the best of our knowledge. All the substrates studies

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demonstrate EF around 108. These results are near to the maximum EF estimated by theoretical

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studies, 5 x 108 for Au nanosphere arrays.64 Thus, Au breath figure substrates are very promising

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since substrates previously reported have EF values in the range of 103-105.70-72, 74. The present

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results strongly encourage the employment of metal nano breath figure substrates for solar cells,

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photocatalysis, biosensor, and other plasmonic devices.75

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Supporting Information. More information about materials and preparation of non-porous

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standard; histogram size distribution of nanopores; addicional SEM and AFM images and Raman

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spectra.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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* E-mail: [email protected]

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Funding Sources

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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VHF and EHF thank the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

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(CAPES-Brasil) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

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(CNPq-Brasil) for doctorate fellowships. AFR and RS acknowledges the financial supports given

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by CNPq, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES-Brasil) and

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Fundação Araucária-Brasil.


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ABBREVIATIONS

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SPR, surface plasmon resonance; Au, gold; AFM, atomic force microscope; SEM, scanning

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electron microscope; Rz, depth roughness; PS, polystyrene; PE, polyethylene; rpm, rotation per

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minute; EM, electromagnetic; SERS, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy; FIB, focused ion

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been;

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Mercaptopyridine.

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finite-difference

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enhancement

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