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    High-Density 2D Homo- and Hetero- Plasmonic Dimers with Universal Sub-10-nm Gaps
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    † ‡ †Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Electrical Engineering, and §Stanford Nano Shared Facilities, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
    ∥ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States
    *Address correspondence to [email protected] (P. Nordlander); [email protected] (S. X. Wang).
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    Fabrication of high-density plasmonic dimers on a large (wafer) scale is crucial for applications in surface-enhanced spectroscopy, bio- and molecular sensing, and optoelectronics. Here, we present an experimental approach based on nanoimprint lithography and shadow evaporation that allows for the fabrication of high-density, large-scale homo- (Au–Au and Ag–Ag) and hetero- (Au–Ag) dimer substrates with precise and consistent sub-10-nm gaps. We performed scanning electron, scanning transmission electron, and atomic force microscopy studies along with a complete electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) characterization. We observed distinct plasmonic modes on these dimers, which are well interpreted by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and plasmon hybridization calculations.

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    Angular deposition; AFM imaging of dimer sample; high-magnification TEM images; ZLP for EELS measurement; additional EELS measurements of Ag–Ag, Au–Au, and Au–Ag dimers; FDTD geometry; plasmon hybridization of Ag–Ag nanospheres dimer. The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03090.

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