E. V. Barmina, C. Lau Truong, F. Bozon-Verduraz, G. Levi, A. V. Simakin, G. A. Shafeev, “Generation of surface nanostructures on nickel by liquid-phase laser ablation and their surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2010, Volume 40, Number 4,Pages <nobr>346

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Nanostructures

Generation of surface nanostructures on nickel by liquid-phase laser ablation and their surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity

E. V. Barmina^a, C. Lau Truong^b, F. Bozon-Verduraz^b, G. Levi^b, A. V. Simakin^a, G. A. Shafeev^a

^a Wave Research Center of Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
^b ITODYS, UMR-CNRS, Université Paris 7 – Denis Diderot

Abstract: Surface nanostructuring of nickel by ablation with 350-ps Nd:YAG laser pulses in ethanol has been studied experimentally. The morphology of the nanostructured surface has been examined using a field emission scanning electron microscope. The average lateral size of the surface nanostructures is 30 — 50 nm. The nanostructured surface has been coated with gold using a chemical deposition procedure. The gold-coated substrate has shown surface-enhanced Raman scattering with an enhancement factor of 10⁸. Potential applications of such nanostructured targets are discussed.

PACS: 68.08.-p, 42.62.-b, 81.07.-b, 42.65.Dr

Received: 01.12.2009