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With high sensitivity at single molecule level, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is considered as an ultrasensitive optical detection technology with broad application prospects in lots of fields. However, the complicated fabrication and unaffordable price of SERS substrate are still a roadblock on the way to be widely used in industry. In this work, the SERS spectra on a commercial laser engraved Teflon (PTFE) film with engraved microarray are investigated. The wettability of film surface modulated by laser engraving make the microarray have the ability to decrease the contact area on film surface while water evaporation. The SEM image of the engraved area points out the micro/nanostructures generated engraving process is crucial to its superhydrophobic property. The probing molecules (i.e., methylene blue and rhodamine6G) were utilized to investigate with the limit of detection (1 × 10 −14  M). Furthermore, the biomolecule (bovine serum albumin) was used to demonstrate its benefits in biological applications. The measured intensities of Raman spectra on this PTFE with laser engraved microarray demonstrate its potential value for a SERS substrate. Our work on this simple, cheap SERS substrate with high sensitivity has a great commercial value and plenty of application in lots of fields.   Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s11671-018-2658-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

A Simple Laser Ablation-Assisted Method for Fabrication of Superhydrophobic SERS Substrate on Teflon Film