Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), a variant of Raman spectroscopy, is one of the most powerful analytical techniques which can be used to obtain detailed chemical information of molecules or molecular assemblies, with the potential to reach single molecule detection. It is rapid, highly sensitive, accurate and non-destructive detection technique. It finds extensive application in various fields such as: environmental monitoring, biology, defense, forensics etc. It can be observed when target analytes are present in the vicinity of a metallic surface, especially noble metals like Au or Ag, since their plasmonic resonances lie in the visible and NIR regions. We have provided a numerical design of Ag-bullseye structure that function as reproducible SERS probe in the visible frequency band by using FDTD method. The proposed pattern is robust (with respect to different design parameters) with high sensitivity ~ 108, high uniformity and specificity, which assures that such substrate can be used for quantitative analysis, making SERS an indispensable tool for bio-diagnostics and bio-analysis. Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), FDTD, Raman spectroscopy, nano-patterns, Raman enhancement factor (EF).
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), a variant of Raman spectroscopy, is a powerful analytical technique that exploits plasmonics to obtain detailed chemical information of molecules or molecular assemblies adsorbed or attached to nanostructured metallic surfaces. In this work, we have presented a design of easy to fabricate, flexible and cost-effective SERS substrate constituting of chemically synthesized Ag nanoparticles (particle size of 10-15 nm) embedded superficially on hot-melt adhesive (bio-grade quality) commonly referred as glue stick and used as adhesive. The laser source with λ=785nm is irradiated on the substrate on which the sample to be identified/analyzed is drop-cast, here we have used Rhodamine 6G (R6G) (sigma Aldrich) as probe molecule. The resonant wavelength of Ag NPs was determined using UV-Visible spectroscopy and was found out to be ~ 408 nm. SERS can be used to identify an unknown analyte (provided it should be Raman active) on the basis of its Raman signature. We have demonstrated the detection of R6G (20μL) upto10-4 M (~4.8 ppm) concentration on our in-house Raman setup using this SERS substrate. This set-up can be easily used to detect/identify different analytes at much lower concentrations. All Raman peaks of R6G were distinctively visible for analysis. We can use this SERS substrate for on-site narcoanalysis, forensic study, explosive detection, bio-diagnostics, detection of adulterants in food/water etc. using portable Raman spectrometer for rapid analysis, with no sample preparation time.
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