scholarly journals A Tunable Freeform-Segmented Reflector in a Microfluidic System for Conventional and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Liu ◽  
Michael Stenbæk Schmidt ◽  
Hugo Thienpont ◽  
Heidi Ottevaere

We present a freeform-segmented reflector-based microfluidic system for conventional Raman and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) analysis. The segmented reflector is directly designed by a numerical approach. The polymer-based Raman system strongly suppresses the undesirable background because it enables confocal detection of Raman scattering through the combination of a freeform reflector and a microfluidic chip. We perform systematic simulations using non-sequential ray tracing with the Henyey-Greenstein model to assess the Raman scattering behavior of the substance under test. We fabricate the freeform reflector and the microfluidic chip by means of ultra-precision diamond turning and laser cutting respectively. We demonstrate the confocal behavior by measuring the Raman spectrum of ethanol. Besides, we calibrate the setup by performing Raman measurements on urea and potassium nitrate solutions with different concentrations. The detection limit of our microfluidic system is approximately 20 mM according to the experiment. Finally, we implement a SERS microfluidic chip and discriminate 100 µM urea and potassium nitrate solutions.

2007 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 1542-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin R. Strehle ◽  
Dana Cialla ◽  
Petra Rösch ◽  
Thomas Henkel ◽  
Michael Köhler ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (33) ◽  
pp. 7152-7155 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. O. Alabi ◽  
A. N. F. Edilbi ◽  
C. Brolly ◽  
D. Muirhead ◽  
J. Parnell ◽  
...  

Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy using a gold substrate and excitation at 514 nm can detect sub parts per million quantities of asphaltene and thereby petroleum.


Small ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwang Bok Kim ◽  
Ji-Hyung Han ◽  
Hyoungseon Choi ◽  
Hee Chan Kim ◽  
Taek Dong Chung

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 1306-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhimin Zhai ◽  
Fengqiu Zhang ◽  
Xiangyu Chen ◽  
Jie Zhong ◽  
Gang Liu ◽  
...  

This paper reports on the synthesis and application of biocompatible and sensitive SERS nanoparticles for the study of uptake of nanoparticles into living cells in a microfluidic chip through surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 4077-4082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Qi ◽  
Bowei Li ◽  
Huiyan You ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Longwen Fu ◽  
...  

A quantitative sensitivity analysis for trace As(iii) ions was proposed based on the SERS technique on a zigzag microfluidic chip.


The Analyst ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 139 (13) ◽  
pp. 3352-3355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Driver ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Jinkai Zheng ◽  
Eric Decker ◽  
David Julian McClements ◽  
...  

A simple fabrication method for preparing lipophilic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) suitable for use as substrates in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications of lipids was developed.


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