title: Enhanced Fluorescence Emission of Me-ADOTA by Self-Assembled Silver Nanoparticles on a Gold Film.
abstract: We report a multi-fold enhancement of the fluorescence of methyl-azadioxatriangulenium chloride (Me-ADOTA*Cl) in PVA deposited on a 50 nm thick gold mirror carrying an evaporation induced self-assembly of colloidal silver nanoparticles (Ag-SACs). The average measured increase in fluorescence emission of about 50-fold is accompanied by hot spots with a local enhancement in brigthness close to 200. The long lifetime of the dye allows for the first direct determination of the correlation between the enhancement of emission intensity and the decrease in fluorescence lifetime. The Ag-SACs surface preparation and observed enhancements are highly reproducible. We believe that these robust plasmonic surfaces will find use in sensing platforms for ultrasensitive detection.
authors.affiliation: Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: Bo W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Laursen
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luchowski
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shtoyko
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akopova
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gryczynski
authors.forename: Ignacy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gryczynski