Silver micro and nanostructures were constructed via a bottom-up approach on gold mirrors deposited on glass slides using electrolysis. This was done using a gold mirror working electrode, platinum auxiliary electrode, and reference silver/silver chloride electrode in silver nitrate solution. A constant potential of -400mV (vs. Ag/AgCl) was applied for different deposition times. The structures were made up of nanoparticles approximately 200-500 nm across. Silver structures included fractals, silver wires, and nanospheres. Slides were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and were used for surface enhanced fluorescence studies (SEFS).

Surface-enhanced fluorescence studies on silver structures deposited on gold mirrors

251st National Meeting (2016)

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