title: Efficient disc on pillar substrates for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
abstract: In this work, geometrical optimizations of Ag disc on pillar (DOP) hybrid plasmonic nanostructures were conducted and allowed us to achieve reproducible average enhancement factors of 1 × 10(9) and greater.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
authors.forename: Sabrina M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polemi
authors.forename: Nickolay V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Lavrik
authors.forename: Kevin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Shuford
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sepaniak