Päivänranta B Merbold H Giannini R Büchi L Gorelick S David C Löffler JF Feurer T Ekinci Y 2011 We present an experimental and theoretical study of plasmonic modes in high aspect ratio nanostructures in the visible wavelength region and demonstrate their high performance for sensing applications. Ordered and well-defined plasmonic structures with various cross-sectional profiles and heights are obtained using a top-down fabrication process. We show that, compared to cylindrical nanorods, structures with split-ring resonator-like cross sections have great potential for powerful sensing due to a pronounced polarization dependence, strong field enhancement, structural tunability, and improved mechanical stability. The plasmonic structures under study exhibit high sensitivities, up to nearly 600 nm/RIU, and figures of merit above 20. https://sonar.ch/global/documents/193139 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1021/nn201529x info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/21744855 ACS nano. - 2011 Biosensing Techniques Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Nanotechnology Nanotubes Spectrum Analysis High aspect ratio plasmonic nanostructures for sensing applications. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501