title: Substrate-induced modulation of the Raman scattering signals from self-assembled organic nanometric films.
abstract: Raman scattering signals recorded by microscopy from organic self-assembled monolayers (thin nanometric films of calibrated thickness) on silica substrates were found to be much stronger than those obtained from identical films assembled on bulk silicon substrates. This effect, observed in the backscattering geometry, is shown to result from interferences between the direct and reflected beams (including both the excitation and scattered radiation) in front of a smooth reflecting surface. Strong dependence of the effect on the distance between the sampled monolayer and the bulk silicon substrate allows enhancement of the Raman signals of organic monolayer films on silicon by factors up to approximately 70 by using appropriate silica spacers. The dependence of the Raman signal intensity on film thickness was also studied for thicker nanometric films comprising a series of self-assembled organosilane multilayers on bulk silicon and fused silica substrates, and the predicted deviation from linearity in the case of the silicon substrate is experimentally confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, UMR CNRS 6087, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baptiste
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bulou
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bardeau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nouet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibaud
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wen
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoeppener
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authors.lastname: Maoz
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authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sagiv