Tuning Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Intensity Enhancement Using Hexagonal Lattice Arrays of Gold Nanodisks

  • Thomas S. Heiderscheit
  • , Shunpei Oikawa
  • , Stephen Sanders
  • , Hiro Minamimoto
  • , Emily K. Searles
  • , Christy F. Landes
  • , Kei Murakoshi
  • , Alejandro Manjavacas
  • , Stephan Link

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Abstract

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) microscopy shows promise as a technique for mapping chemical reactions on single nanoparticles. The technique's spatial resolution is limited by the quantum yield of the emission and the diffusive nature of the ECL process. To improve signal intensity, ECL dyes have been coupled with plasmonic nanoparticles, which act as nanoantennas. Here, we characterize the optical properties of hexagonal arrays of gold nanodisks and how they impact the enhancement of ECL from the coreaction of tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)dichlororuthenium(II) hexahydrate and tripropylamine. We find that varying the lattice spacing results in a 23-fold enhancement of ECL intensity because of increased dye-array near-field coupling as modeled using finite element method simulations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2516-2522
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Volume12
Issue number10
Early online dateMar 5 2021
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 18 2021
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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