Silver-based nanodisk codes

ACS Nano. 2010 Sep 28;4(9):5446-52. doi: 10.1021/nn101231u.

Abstract

We report a novel method for synthesizing silver-based nanodisk code (NDC) structures using on-wire lithography, where we employ milder synthetic and etching conditions than those used to synthesize the analogous gold structures. The silver structures exhibit stronger surface-enhanced Raman scattering signals than their Au counterparts at 633 and 532 nm excitation and, therefore, lead to lower limits of detection when used in the context of DNA-based detection assays. Finally, use of two enhancing nanostructured materials in one disk code dramatically increases the information storage density for encoding. For example, a disk code consisting of 5 gold disk pairs has 13 unique combinations of enhancing patterns, while one with 5 disk pairs that can be either gold or silver has 98.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • DNA, Single-Stranded / analysis
  • DNA, Single-Stranded / genetics
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Silver / chemistry*
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman

Substances

  • DNA, Single-Stranded
  • Silver