Plasmonic Paper as a Highly Efficient SERS Substrate

Abstract

We report a novel surface enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrate platform based on a common filter paper adsorbed with plasmonic nanostructures. Paper based SERS substrate overcomes many of the challenges associated with conventional SERS substrates based on rigid substrates such as silicon and glass. The paper-based design results in a substrate that combines all of the advantages of conventional rigid and planar SERS substrates in a dynamic flexible scaffolding format. We discuss the fabrication, physical characterization and SERS activity of our novel substrates using non-resonant analytes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA568578

Entities

People

  • Chang H. Lee
  • Limei Tian
  • Mikella E. Hankus
  • Paul M. Pellegrino
  • Srikanth Singamaneni

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • Filter Paper
  • Filters
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Nanostructures
  • Paper
  • Platforms
  • Raman Scattering
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Scattering
  • Spectroscopy
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Structural Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene