Uniform gold spherical particles for single-particle surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 4130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-Xin Lin ◽  
Jie-Ming Li ◽  
Bi-Ju Liu ◽  
De-Yu Liu ◽  
Jinxuan Liu ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 2318-2324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mansha Gao ◽  
Peng Miao ◽  
Xijiang Han ◽  
Cheng Sun ◽  
Yan Ma ◽  
...  

Single M(OH)x (M = Fe, Co, Ni) hollow octahedral microcage particles are explored as novel SERS-active substrates for sensitive dye molecule detection.


Nano Letters ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 4602-4609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Cecchini ◽  
Aeneas Wiener ◽  
Vladimir A. Turek ◽  
Hyangh Chon ◽  
Sangyeop Lee ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masao Gen ◽  
Chak K. Chan

Abstract. We present electrospray-surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (ES-SERS) as a new approach to measuring the surface chemical compositions of atmospherically relevant particles. The surface-sensitive SERS is realized by electrospraying Ag nanoparticle aerosols over analyte particles. Spectral features at v(SO42−), v(C-H) and v(O-H) modes were observed from the normal Raman and SERS measurements of laboratory-generated supermicron particles of ammonium sulfate (AS), AS mixed with succinic acid (AS/SA) and AS mixed with sucrose (AS/sucrose). SERS measurements showed strong interaction (or chemisorption) between Ag nanoparticles and surface aqueous sulfate [SO42−] with [SO42−]AS/sucrose > [SO42−]AS/SA > [SO42−]AS. Enhanced spectra of the solid AS and AS/SA particles revealed the formation of surface-adsorbed water on their surfaces at 60 % relative humidity. These observations of surface aqueous sulfate and adsorbed water demonstrate a possible role of surface-adsorbed water in facilitating the dissolution of sulfate from the bulk phase into its water layer(s). Submicron ambient aerosol particles collected in Hong Kong exhibited non-enhanced features of black carbon and enhanced features of sulfate and organic matter (carbonyl group), indicating an enrichment of sulfate and organic matter on the particle surface.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel R. Gonçalves ◽  
Fabian Enderle ◽  
Othmar Marti

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of thiols and dye molecules adsorbed on triangular silver nanostructures was investigated. The SERS hot-spots are localized at the edges and corners of the silver triangular particles. AFM and SEM measurements permit to observe many small clusters formed at the edges of triangular particles fabricated by nanosphere lithography. Finite-element calculations show that near-field enhancements can reach values of more than 200 at visible wavelengths, in the gaps between small spherical particles and large triangular particles, although for the later no plasmon resonance was found at the wavelengths investigated. The regions near the particles showing strong near-field enhancement are well correlated with spatial localization of SERS hot-spots done by confocal microscopy. Silver nanostructures fabricated by thermal evaporation present strong and fast fluctuating SERS activity, due to amorphous carbon contamination. Thiols and dye molecules seem to be able to passivate the undesired SERS activity on fresh evaporated silver.


Nanoscale ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (15) ◽  
pp. 8612-8616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianghu Tang ◽  
Wenya Cai ◽  
Liangbao Yang ◽  
Jinhuai Liu

The kinetics of the reaction of 4-NTP dimerizing into DMAB was investigated and comparative studied using a SERS technique on a single particle.


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