Investigating the effect of Ag nanocube polydispersity on gap-mode SERS enhancement factors

The Analyst ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 141 (12) ◽  
pp. 3916-3924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler J. Dill ◽  
Matthew J. Rozin ◽  
Eric R. Brown ◽  
Stephen Palani ◽  
Andrea R. Tao
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Sers Enhancement ◽  
Raman Enhancement ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Enhancement Factors ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Ag Nanocube ◽  
Gap Mode

Colloidal polydispersity has a significant impact on the high Raman enhancement factors (EFs) for nanoparticle-based surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates.

scholarly journals Highly Sensitive Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy from Ag Nanoparticles Decorated Graphene Sheet

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Song ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Sweejiang Yoo ◽  
Yuan Wu ◽  
Weihua Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Ag Nanoparticles ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Sers Substrate ◽  
Ag Nps ◽  
Sers Enhancement ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Enhancement Factors ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman

Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful analytical technique and has been most intensively studied. In this work, electroless deposition is proposed for Ag nanoparticles (NPs) decorated on chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth graphene sheets (GS) to create hybrid SERS substrate. From three aspects of size distribution, morphology, and coverage, Ag NPs controllable decoration on GS and SERS enhancement factors of the hybrid SERS substrate is investigated. 200–300 times enhanced SERS intensities are detected from the Ag NPs on GS hybrid as compared to pure GS. Controllable decoration is crucial for improving SERS enhancement factorsβEF, becauseβEFfrom quasi cubic Ag NPs on GS is 6.53 times stronger than that from spheric one; 1.6 timesβEFis detected while the Ag NPs size distribution is reduced to half, and when the coverage is doubled,βEFis nearly doubled. This controllable Ag NPs/GS hybrid is capable of serving as a high performance SERS substrate for efficient chemical and biological sensing applications.

scholarly journals Cyclodextrin-assisted surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a critical review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia E. Markina ◽  
Dana Cialla-May ◽  
Alexey V. Markin
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Molecularly Imprinted Polymers ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Real Potential ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Raman Enhancement ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Physicochemical Studies ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman

AbstractNumerous approaches have been proposed to overcome the intrinsically low selectivity of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and the modification of SERS substrates with diverse recognition molecules is one of such approaches. In contrast to the use of antibodies, aptamers, and molecularly imprinted polymers, application of cyclodextrins (CDs) is still developing with less than 100 papers since 1993. Therefore, the main goal of this review is the critical analysis of all available papers on the use of CDs in SERS analysis, including physicochemical studies of CD complexation and the effect of CD presence on the Raman enhancement. The results of the review reveal that there is controversial information about CD efficiency and further experimental investigations have to be done in order to estimate the real potential of CDs in SERS-based analysis. Graphical abstract

scholarly journals Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy With Electrodeposited Copper Ultramicro-Wires With/Without Silver Nanostars Decoration

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 518
Author(s):  
Margherita Longoni ◽  
Maria Sole Zalaffi ◽  
Lavinia de Ferri ◽  
Angela Maria Stortini ◽  
Giulio Pojana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Anodized Aluminum ◽  
Anodized Aluminum Oxide ◽  
Electrochemical Preparation ◽  
Deposition Parameters ◽  
Raman Enhancement ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Materials Used

The electrochemical preparation of arrays of copper ultramicrowires (CuUWs) by using porous membranes as templates is critically revisited, with the goal of obtaining cheap but efficient substrates for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). The role of the materials used for the electrodeposition is examined, comparing membranes of anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) vs. track-etched polycarbonate (PC) as well as copper vs. glassy carbon (GC) as electrode material. A voltammetric study performed on bare electrodes and potentiostatic tests on membrane coated electrodes allowed the optimization of the deposition parameters. The final arrays of CuUWs were obtained by chemical etching of the template, with NaOH for AAO and CH2Cl2 for PC. After total etching of the template, SERS spectra were recorded on CuUWs using benzenethiol as SERS probe with known spectral features. The CuUW substrates displayed good SERS properties, providing enhancement factor in the 103–104 range. Finally, it was demonstrated that higher Raman enhancement can be achieved when CuUWs are decorated with silver nanostars, supporting the formation of SERS active hot-spots at the bimetallic interface.

Identification and Characterization of Artists' Red Dyes and Their Mixtures by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 994-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyson V. Whitney ◽  
Francesca Casadio ◽  
Richard P. Van Duyne
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Localized Surface Plasmon ◽  
Carminic Acid ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Lac Dye ◽  
Silver Island

Silver film over nanospheres (AgFONs) were successfully employed as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates to characterize several artists' red dyes including: alizarin, purpurin, carminic acid, cochineal, and lac dye. Spectra were collected on sample volumes (1 × 10−6 M or 15 ng/μL) similar to those that would be found in a museum setting and were found to be higher in resolution and consistency than those collected on silver island films (AgIFs). In fact, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this work presents the highest resolution spectrum of the artists' material cochineal to date. In order to determine an optimized SERS system for dye identification, experiments were conducted in which laser excitation wavelengths were matched with correlating AgFON localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) maxima. Enhancements of approximately two orders of magnitude were seen when resonance SERS conditions were met in comparison to non-resonance SERS conditions. Finally, because most samples collected in a museum contain multiple dyestuffs, AgFONs were employed to simultaneously identify individual dyes within several dye mixtures. These results indicate that AgFONs have great potential to be used to identify not only real artwork samples containing a single dye but also samples containing dyes mixtures.

scholarly journals Designing dendronic-Raman markers for sensitive detection using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (48) ◽  
pp. 28222-28227
Author(s):  
Priyanka Jain ◽  
Robi Sankar Patra ◽  
Sridhar Rajaram ◽  
Chandrabhas Narayana
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Sensitive Detection ◽  
Trace Detection ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Sers Enhancement ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman

A new approach of tuning SERS enhancement with the aid of coupling chemistry for trace detection. A greater number of Raman-active molecules are constrained in a dendronic framework as an improved SERS analyte.

Tunable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy via Plasmonic Coupling Between Nanodot-Arrayed Ag Film and Ag Nanocube

Plasmonics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1279-1284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Liu ◽  
Yonghua Lu ◽  
Wenhai Yu ◽  
Qiang Fu ◽  
Pei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Plasmonic Coupling ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Ag Nanocube ◽  
Ag Film

scholarly journals Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering as an Emerging Characterization and Detection Technique

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Culha ◽  
Brian Cullum ◽  
Nickolay Lavrik ◽  
Charles K. Klutse
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Biological Applications ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

While surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been attracting a continuously increasing interest of scientific community since its discovery, it has enjoyed a particularly rapid growth in the last decade. Most notable recent advances in SERS include novel technological approaches to SERS substrates and innovative applications of SERS in medicine and molecular biology. While a number of excellent reviews devoted to SERS appeared in the literature over the last two decades, we will focus this paper more specifically on several promising trends that have been highlighted less frequently. In particular, we will briefly overview strategies in designing and fabricating SERS substrates using deterministic patterning and then cover most recent biological applications of SERS.

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