Surface enhanced fluorescence by porous alumina with nanohole arrays

• 来源期刊: 中国科学:物理学 力学 天文学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（5）
• 页码范围: 767-771
• 页数: 5页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11433-012-4681-1

摘要

The fluorescence enhancement of Rhodarnine 6G (Rh6G) fluorophore in the close vicinity of porous alumina film with ordered nanohole arrays is investigated.Experimental observations show that the nonmetallic substrate with hole arrays enhances the fluorescence intensity.By comparing the fluorescence emissions that are excited with 325 nm and 532 nm,better fluorescence enhancement is obtained with excitation at a shorter wavelength.The study suggests that higher fluorescence excitation efficiency due to the energy transfer from oxygen vacancies to Rh6G fluorophore molecules is responsible for better fluorescence enhancement.The contribution of the scattering of nanohole arrays to the fluorescence enhancement is also proposed based on the intensity increase and reduced lifetime when the energy transfer from oxygen vacancy is absent.The result of the current study is useful for developing non-metal substrates in the study of spectroscopic enhancement,and is expected to advance the applications of porous alumina to microanalysis.