Table 3.

Summary of various nanostructures fabricated via various deposition methods with different shapes and geometries, and their experimentally determined enhancement factor (EF), with feature size, excitation wavelengths, used fluorophores, and publication information such as year and reference, for further reading.

Material	Configuration of Structures	Structures Feature Size (nm)	Wavelength λ (nm)	Fluorophore	EF	Year	Ref.
Cu	Structured thin-film nanorods	Height: 550 nm	590 nm	Rhodamine 123	02	2012	[17]
Au	Structured thin-film nanorods	Dia: 40 nm Height: 285 nm	590 nm	Rhodamine 123	3.9	2012	[17]
Zno	Vertical nanorods	Dia: 83.2 nm Height: 170 nm	645 nm	Alexa Fluor 647	5.7	2015	[110]
Au	Nanorods	Dia: 30 nm Height: 13 nm	650 nm	Alexa 647	10	2015	[111]
Ag	Structured thin-film nanorods	Dia: 75 nm Height: 400 nm	590 nm	Rhodamine 123	20	2011	[112]
Ag	Slanted nanorods	Height: 1000 nm	635 nm	Cy5	23	2013	[108]
Ag	Structured thin-film nanorods	Dia: 75 nm Height: 400 nm	590 nm	Rhodamine 123	23	2012	[17]
ZnO	Flower shape nanorods	Dia: 718.5 nm Height: 200 nm	515 nm	Alexa Fluor 532	25	2015	[110]
Ag	Zigzag nanorods	Height: 2000 nm	525 nm	Alexa 488	28	2016	[106]
Ag	Nanocone	Diabase: 180 nm Height: 500 nm	528 nm	Rhodamine 6G	30	2011	[113]
Ag	Slanted nanorods	Length: 635 nm	555 nm	Rhodamine 6G	32	2015	[109]
Al	Structured thin-film nanorods	Dia: 30 nm Height: 1000 nm	590 nm	Rhodamine 123	37	2012	[17]
Zno	Flower shape nanorods	Dia: 718.5 nm Height: 200 nm	645 nm	Alexa Fluor 647	45	2015	[110]
Ag	Structured thin-film nanorods	Dia: 75 nm Height: 400 nm	590 nm	Rhodamine 123	71	2012	[17]
Ag	Slanted nanorods	Dia: 220 nm Height: 3000 nm	-	Bovine aortic endothelial cell	-	2010	[114]
Ag	Vertical nanorods structures	Dia: 120 nm Height: 500 nm	635 nm	Cy5	200	2018	[22]
Ag	nanorods	Dia: 89 nm Height: 3000 nm	520 nm	fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate	494	2014	[115]