Nanopore structures have displayed attractive prospects in diverse important applications such as nanopore‐based biosensors and enhanced spectroscopy. However, on the one hand, the fabrication techniques to obtain sub‐10 nm sized nanopores so far is very limited. On the other hand, the electromagnetic enhancement of nanopores is still relatively low. In this work, using a facile chemical etching strategy on 2D plasmonic Ag nanoparticle supercrystals, fine nanopore arrays with sub‐10 nm pore size have been successfully fabricated and a “nanopore‐in‐nanogap” hybrid plasmon mode has been investigated. An in situ etching and surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection indicate that novel hybrid plasmon structure may create an enhanced electromagnetic coupling and increase SERS signal at ≈10× magnification. The breaking of plasmon bonding dipolar mode and generation of antibonding‐like plasmon mode contribute to this enhanced electromagnetic coupling. The facile etching strategy, as a common approach, may open the doors for the fabrication of nanopores in various compositions for numerous applications.
Toroidal Au or Ag nanostructures are of particular interest due to their unique optical responses and superior catalytic applications. However, the fabrication of ring-like Au or Ag nanostructures is limited to either electron beam lithography or template techniques, thus hampering their applications. Here, we present a new stress-driven structure collapse and etching mechanism to synthesize Au nanorings via a direct one-pot solution-based chemical reaction. The nanoparticle-mediated recrystallization process contributes to the formation of Au nanoframes, which contain unusual stress, thus promoting the breakup of the nanoframes and finally converting them into Au nanorings. The Au nanorings with tunable hole sizes exhibit interesting localized surface plasmon features owing to the coupling of bonding and antibonding modes on the inner and outer surfaces of the nanorings. This facile approach may open the door for the preparation of toroidal nanostructures in other compositions for numerous applications.
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