Maximizing Fluorescence Enhancement in Metal Nanoantenna Arrays for efficient bioanalytical devices

Publication date: 1 Gen 2024

JournalSource: OPENALEXOpenAlex type: articleOpen Access
Authors: Daniela Lospinoso, Adriano Colombelli, Arianna Cretì, Maura Cesaria, Mauro Lomascolo, Roberto Rella, Maria Grazia Manera

Our investigation focused on fluorescence enhancement mechanisms using metal nanoantennas with Alexa Fluor-647. By exploiting numerical modelling tools, we fabricated non-interacting Au nanodisc arrays on glass substrates, achieving a maximum fluorescence enhancement factor of 180 at an optimal spacer thickness of approximately 10 nm. Comparative analysis with bare glass substrates revealed significant improvements in excitation and emission dynamics, attributed to nanoscale field confinement and the Purcell effect. Time- and space-resolved photoluminescence measurements unveiled a distance-dependent interaction between the fluorophore and localized plasmons, modulated by thin polyelectrolyte monolayers, with prevalent radiative processes in samples exhibiting maximum signal.

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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume
309
Pages
05009
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