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    Colloidal Superstructures with Triangular Cores: Size Effects on SERS Efficiency
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    • Roland P. M. Höller
      Roland P. M. Höller
      Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Institute of Physical Chemistry and Polymer Physics, Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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    • Christian Kuttner*
      Christian Kuttner
      CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
      Cluster of Excellence Centre for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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      Orcidhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4093-7469
    • Martin Mayer
      Martin Mayer
      Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Institute of Physical Chemistry and Polymer Physics, Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
      Cluster of Excellence Centre for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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      Ruosong Wang
      Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Institute of Physical Chemistry and Polymer Physics, Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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    • Martin Dulle
      Martin Dulle
      Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS-1) and Biological Matter (IBI-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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    • Rafael Contreras-Cáceres
      Rafael Contreras-Cáceres
      Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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      Andreas Fery
      Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Institute of Physical Chemistry and Polymer Physics, Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
      Cluster of Excellence Centre for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
      Physical Chemistry of Polymeric Materials, Technische Universität Dresden, Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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    • Luis M. Liz-Marzán
      Luis M. Liz-Marzán
      CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
      Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
      Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Bioingenierı́a, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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    The design of colloidal nanostructures as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates requires control over both structural and optical characteristics. A widespread expectation is that the SERS efficiency depends crucially on whether the plasmonic excitation matches the exciting laser wavelength. However, also the balance between radiative (scattering) and nonradiative (absorbing) properties plays a major role, regarding both the efficiency of near-field enhancement and the experimentally observed signal intensity. We present a study of the influence of mode-excitation matching and extinction characteristics for core/satellite superstructures, comprising gold nanotriangles decorated with small gold nanospheres. The variation of the core size and aspect ratio allowed tuning the main coupled mode between 700 and 800 nm, from off-resonant through resonant at 785 nm, as well as tuning extinction contributions, from dominantly absorbing to dominantly scattering. We observed additional gains of 1–2 orders of magnitude in signal enhancement, which were correlated to core size and diffuse optical properties. Our findings indicate a competition between SERS enhancement and increased scattering losses in larger assemblies. Thus, a balance of optical parameters is required for efficient SERS and the development of assemblies as advanced sensing devices.

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