title: Plasmonic nanostructures for surface enhanced spectroscopic methods.
abstract: A comprehensive review of theoretical approaches to simulate plasmonic-active metallic nano-arrangements is given. Further, various fabrication methods based on bottom-up, self-organization and top-down techniques are introduced. Here, analytical approaches are discussed to investigate the optical properties of isotropic and non-magnetic spherical or spheroidal particles. Furthermore, numerical methods are introduced to research complex shaped structures. A huge variety of fabrication methods are reviewed, e.g. bottom-up preparation strategies for plasmonic nanostructures to generate metal colloids and core-shell particles as well as complex-shaped structures, self-organization as well as template-based methods and finally, top-down processes, e.g. electron beam lithography and its variants as well as nanoimprinting. The review article is aimed at beginners in the field of surface enhanced spectroscopy (SES) techniques and readers who have a general interest in theoretical modelling of plasmonic substrates for SES applications as well as in the fabrication of the desired structures based on methods of the current state of the art.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany. dana.cialla-may@uni-jena.de.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jahn
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patze
authors.forename: Izabella J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Hidi
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knipper
authors.forename: Andreea I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Radu
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mühlig
authors.forename: Sezin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: Vlastimil
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Peksa
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mayerhöfer
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cialla-May
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Popp
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids; D005453:Fluorescence; D008027:Light; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011327:Printing / Q000379:methods; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids