Fabrication of Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich structure thin film and its tunable energetics and tailorable optical properties

Ruijin Hong; Jialin Ji; Chunxian Tao; Daohua Zhang; Dawei Zhang; Ruijin Hong; Jialin Ji; Chunxian Tao; Daohua Zhang; Dawei Zhang

doi:10.3934/matersci.2017.1.223

AIMS Materials Science

2017, Volume 4, Issue 1: 223-230. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2017.1.223

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Fabrication of Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich structure thin film and its tunable energetics and tailorable optical properties

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Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, No. 516 Jun Gong Road, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore

Received: 30 October 2016 Accepted: 21 January 2017 Published: 25 January 2017

Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich structure thin film was fabricated. The effects of graphene oxide (GO) and bimetal on the structure and optical properties of metal silver films were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical absorption, and Raman intensity measurements, respectively. Compared to silver thin film, Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich structure composite thin films were observed with wider optical absorption peak and enhanced absorption intensity. The Raman signal for Rhodamine B molecules based on the Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich nanostructure substrate were obviously enhanced due to the bimetal layer and GO layer with tunable absorption intensity and fluorescence quenching effects.
- Au/graphene oxide/Ag film,
- surface plasmon resonance,
- optical tailoring,
- energy tuning,
- surface enhanced Raman scattering
Citation: Ruijin Hong, Jialin Ji, Chunxian Tao, Daohua Zhang, Dawei Zhang. Fabrication of Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich structure thin film and its tunable energetics and tailorable optical properties[J]. AIMS Materials Science, 2017, 4(1): 223-230. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2017.1.223

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Abstract

Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich structure thin film was fabricated. The effects of graphene oxide (GO) and bimetal on the structure and optical properties of metal silver films were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical absorption, and Raman intensity measurements, respectively. Compared to silver thin film, Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich structure composite thin films were observed with wider optical absorption peak and enhanced absorption intensity. The Raman signal for Rhodamine B molecules based on the Au/graphene oxide/Ag sandwich nanostructure substrate were obviously enhanced due to the bimetal layer and GO layer with tunable absorption intensity and fluorescence quenching effects.

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