Nanoimprinted SERS Sensors for Chemical and Biological Detection

MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (19-20) ◽  
pp. 1077-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guinevere Strack ◽  
Michaela Fitzgerald ◽  
Junwei Su ◽  
Margery G. H. Pelletier ◽  
Peter Gaines ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rhodamine 6G ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Polymer Surface ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Silicon Substrates ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Synthesis Procedure

ABSTRACTHerein, we demonstrate a facile, rapid, and scalable method to fabricate polymer-based gratings for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensors. To accomplish this, epoxy nanostripe arrays on silicon substrates were prepared using thermal annealing and UV-cross-linking. After preparation of the nanostripe arrays, the surface was briefly treated with oxygen plasma, which decreased the surface energy and enabled the growth of AgNPs on the polymer surface using a simple, low-cost, aqueous-based synthesis procedure. The SERS substrates exhibited a detection limit of ∼1 pM using rhodamine 6G (R6G). In addition, preliminary work with E. coli DH5 showed that the nanoimprinted substrates can be used to obtain Raman spectra of washed bacteria cells.

scholarly journals SERS on Bimetallic Nanostructured thin films

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
revathy m s ◽  
D Murugesan ◽  
Naidu Dhanpal Jayram
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Thermal Evaporation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Active Surface ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Nanostructured Film ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Thin films and Surface Enhanced Raman spectroscopy have a strong bonding towards development of Sensors. From last 4 decades SERS has been used as effective tool for detection of toxic dyes, in food industry and agriculture world. To minimize the cost and fabrication over large surface is the most challenging task in substrate fabrication. In the present work an attempt has been made towards dual coatings, which could act as an effective SERS Substrates. An effective and facile approach of low cost bi-metallic Nanostructured film has been fabricated using thermal evaporation. Using the standard characterization techniques such as FE-SEM and XRD, the obtained films were Rhodamine 6G was used as an analyte for the SERS studies. The detection of R6G was up to 10− 10mol l− 1solution.The present bi-metallic coating can be serves as an excellent SERS active surface and provides a versatile pathway to fabricate anisotropic nanostructure on a glass film.

scholarly journals Fabrication of Silver Nanodendrites on Copper for Detecting Rhodamine 6G in Chili Powder Using Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Quynh-Ngan Luong ◽  
Tran Cao Dao ◽  
Thi Thu Vu ◽  
Manh Cuong Nguyen ◽  
Nhu Duong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Rhodamine 6G ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Sers Substrate ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Silver Nanodendrites

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is increasingly being used as a method for detecting traces of contaminants in a variety of specimens. In order to maximize SERS’s performance, the most important thing is to have highly active SERS substrates. In this report, we present a simple method for synthesizing silver nanodendrites (AgNDs) on the surface of a copper (Cu) plate using chemical deposition method. The results showed that, after fabrication, a large number of fern-like AgNDs formed on the Cu surface. These AgNDs are distributed evenly across the entire Cu surface with a relatively thick density. The prepared AgNDs were applied as SERS substrates for detecting Rhodamine 6G (R6G) in chili powders. The results showed that, using the prepared AgNDs substrates, as low as 10−10 M R6G in chili powders can be detected. This demonstrates the applicability of fabricated AgNDs as a highly active SERS substrate.

ZnO oxide films for ultrasensitive, rapid, and label-free detection of neopterin by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

The Analyst ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 140 (15) ◽  
pp. 5090-5098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Kamińska ◽  
Aneta Aniela Kowalska ◽  
Dmytro Snigurenko ◽  
Elżbieta Guziewicz ◽  
Janusz Lewiński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Label Free Detection ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Cost Surface ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

Efficient and low-cost surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates based on Au coated zinc oxide layers for the detection of neopterin were prepared.

The development of “fab-chips” as low-cost, sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates for analytical applications

The Analyst ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
pp. 779-785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Robinson ◽  
Lili Zhao ◽  
Marwa Y. Shah Alam ◽  
Paridhi Bhandari ◽  
Scott G. Harroun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Chemical Sensing ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman

Modification of metal-coated zari fabric chips with silver nanoparticles results in sensitive, affordable SERS substrates which are useful for a wide range of chemical sensing applications.

scholarly journals Fabrication of silver nanoisland films by pulsed laser deposition for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 882-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogusław Budner ◽  
Mariusz Kuźma ◽  
Barbara Nasiłowska ◽  
Bartosz Bartosewicz ◽  
Malwina Liszewska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulsed Laser Deposition ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Laser Pulses ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Laser Deposition ◽  
Silicon Substrates ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Size And Morphology

The results of studies on the fabrication and characterization of silver nanoisland films (SNIFs) using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and the evaluation of these films as potential surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates are reported. The SNIFs with thicknesses in a range of 4.7 ± 0.2 nm to 143.2 ± 0.2 nm were deposited under different conditions on silicon substrates. Size and morphology of the fabricated silver nanoislands mainly depend on the substrate temperature, and number and energy of the laser pulses. SERS properties of the fabricated films were evaluated by measuring SERS spectra of para-mercaptoaniline (pMA) molecules adsorbed on them. SERS enhancement factors are shown to depend on the SNIF morphology, which is modified by changes of the deposition conditions. The highest enhancement factor in the range of 105 was achieved for SNIFs that have oval and circular silver nanoislands with small distances between them.

scholarly journals MoS2 Nanodonuts for High-Sensitivity Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Biosensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 477
Author(s):  
Samar Ali Ghopry ◽  
Seyed M. Sadeghi ◽  
Cindy L. Berrie ◽  
Judy Z. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Metal Nanostructures ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Nanohybrids of graphene and two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) nanostructures can provide a promising substrate for extraordinary surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) due to the combined electromagnetic enhancement on TMD nanostructures via localized surface plasmonic resonance (LSPR) and chemical enhancement on graphene. In these nanohybrid SERS substrates, the LSPR on TMD nanostructures is affected by the TMD morphology. Herein, we report the first successful growth of MoS2 nanodonuts (N-donuts) on graphene using a vapor transport process on graphene. Using Rhodamine 6G (R6G) as a probe, SERS spectra were compared on MoS2 N-donuts/graphene nanohybrids substrates. A remarkably high R6G SERS sensitivity up to 2 × 10−12 M has been obtained, which can be attributed to the more robust LSPR effect than in other TMD nanostructures such as nanodiscs as suggested by the finite-difference time-domain simulation. This result demonstrates that non-metallic TMD/graphene nanohybrids substrates can have SERS sensitivity up to one order of magnitude higher than that reported on the plasmonic metal nanostructures/2D materials SERS substrates, providing a promising scheme for high-sensitivity, low-cost applications for biosensing.

Bacterial detection and differentiation via direct volatile organic compound sensing with surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin S. DeJong ◽  
David I. Wang ◽  
Aleksandr Polyakov ◽  
Anita Rogacs ◽  
Steven J. Simske ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman

Through the direct detection of bacterial volatile organic compounds (VOCs), via surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), we report here a reconfigurable assay for the identification and monitoring of bacteria. We demonstrate differentiation between highly clinically relevant organisms: <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Enterobacter cloacae</i>, and <i>Serratia marcescens</i>. This is the first differentiation of bacteria via SERS of bacterial VOC signatures. The assay also detected as few as 10 CFU/ml of <i>E. coli</i> in under 12 hrs, and detected <i>E. coli</i> from whole human blood and human urine in 16 hrs at clinically relevant concentrations of 10<sup>3</sup> CFU/ml and 10<sup>4</sup> CFU/ml, respectively. In addition, the recent emergence of portable Raman spectrometers uniquely allows SERS to bring VOC detection to point-of-care settings for diagnosing bacterial infections.

scholarly journals Bimetallic Core–Shell Nanoparticles of Gold and Silver via Bioinspired Polydopamine Layer as Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Platform

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asli Yilmaz ◽  
Mehmet Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Silver Ions ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Silver Deposition ◽  
Shell Nanoparticles ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Core Shell Nanoparticles

Despite numerous attempts to fabricate the core–shell nanoparticles, novel, simple, and low-cost approaches are still required to produce these efficient nanosystems. In this study, we propose the synthesis of bimetallic core–shell nanoparticles of gold (AuNP) and silver (AgNP) nanostructures via a bioinspired polydopamine (PDOP) layer and their employment as a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) platform. Herein, the PDOP layer was used as an interface between nanostructures as well as stabilizing and reducing agents for the deposition of silver ions onto the AuNPs. UV-vis absorption spectra and electron microscope images confirmed the deposition of the silver ions and the formation of core–shell nanoparticles. SERS activity tests indicated that both the PDOP thickness and silver deposition time are the dominant parameters that determine the SERS performances of the proposed core–shell system. In comparison to bare AuNPs, more than three times higher SERS signal intensity was obtained with an enhancement factor of 3.5 × 105.

Physically Self-assembled Au Nanorod Arrays for SERS

2006 ◽  
Vol 951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motofumi Suzuki ◽  
Kaoru Nakajima ◽  
Kenji Kimura ◽  
Takao Fukuoka ◽  
Yasushige Mori
Keyword(s):  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Major Axis ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Nanorod Arrays ◽  
Au Nanorods ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Oblique Deposition ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACTWe have demonstrated surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy on arrays of Au nanorods aligned in line by a dynamic oblique deposition technique. For the light polarized along the major axis of the nanorods, the plasma resonance of the Au nanorods has been tuned to a wavelength suitable for Raman spectroscopy. The Raman scattering on the discrete nanorods is enhanced significantly compared with that on semi continuous Au films. Since the preparation process is physically bottom-up, it is robust in its selection of the materials and is useful in providing the SERS sensors at low cost.

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