In situ synthesis of Au-shelled Ag nanoparticles on PDMS for flexible, long-life, and broad spectrum-sensitive SERS substrates
Author(s) -
Beatrice Fortuni,
Tomoko Inose,
S. Uezono,
Shuichi Toyouchi,
Kazuki Umemoto,
Shuichi Sekine,
Yasuhiko Fujita,
Marilena Ricci,
Gang Lü,
Akito Masuhara,
James A. Hutchison,
Loredana Latterini,
Hiroshi Ujii
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/c7cc05420c
Subject(s) - polydimethylsiloxane , materials science , silver nanoparticle , fabrication , raman scattering , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , in situ , layer (electronics) , raman spectroscopy , thin film , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , optics , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology
A simple and fast one-step fabrication method of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) film and their improvement as highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates via atomically thin Au coatings is demonstrated. The thin Au layer provides oxidation resistivity while maintaining the broad spectral range SERS sensitivity of Ag nanoparticles.
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