Low Cost Scalable Self-Assembly of Silver Nanowire Thin Films for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Application

2014 ◽  
Vol 1659 ◽  
pp. 219-224
Author(s):  
Changfeng Chen ◽  
Jumin Hao ◽  
Leyun Zhu ◽  
Yuqin Yao ◽  
Qingwu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Silver Nanowire ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Solid Substrates ◽  
Ag Nanowires ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

ABSTRACTAssembly of nanowires into ordered macroscopic structures has attracted great scientific interests in the past decade. In this work, we report a rapid low-cost scalable oil-water interfacial self assembly process for fabricating aligned Ag nanowires (AgNWs) films on solid substrates. This process is much simpler than the traditional Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) techniques and allows the assembly of one–dimensional Ag nanowires onto any solid substrates without extra pretreatment of the surface of silver nanowires or the solid substrate. The present aligned AgNW films can serve as robust surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors for chemical and bimolecular detection with improved spectra quality and demonstrated uniformity of SERS signal using R6G dye as probe.

scholarly journals Fabrication of transparent composites for non-invasive Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) analysis of modern art works

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abeer Alyami ◽  
Antonio Mirabile ◽  
Daniela Iacopino
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Ag Nanoparticle ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Enhanced Sensitivity ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Invaluable Tool ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

Abstract Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) has become an invaluable tool for the identification of colorants in artworks, due to its enhanced sensitivity and ability to quench fluorescence interference compared to Raman spectroscopy. However, the application of SERS to artwork analysis is still limited by its inherent invasiveness and the need for extraction procedures. In this work non-invasive transparent SERS probes were fabricated by self-assembly of Ag nanoparticles into glass and PDMS surfaces and used for identification of dye content in artistic drawings. SERS measurements were performed directly on the selected analytical surfaces by laser back illumination through the SERS probe. The non-invasiveness of fabricated probes was tested by optical microscopy. It was found that Ag nanoparticle/glass probes left no Ag nanoparticle residue after four consecutive depositions on sacrificial surfaces, whereas Ag nanoparticle/PDMS composites could be deposited and subsequently peeled off the analytical surfaces leaving no contamination traces. The high conformability, flexibility and transparency of Ag nanoparticle/PDMS composites enabled good adhesion to the surface of analyzed artistic drawings and therefore the generation of in situ SERS spectra from artistic drawings. The use of this method allowed identification of main dye components in real artworks comprising a red BIC ballpoint drawing and a Japanese woodblock print.

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