Ben-Jaber, S;
Peveler, WJ;
Quesada-Cabrera, R;
Cortés, E;
Sotelo-Vazquez, C;
Abdul-Karim, N;
Maier, SA;
(2016)
Photo-induced enhanced Raman spectroscopy for universal ultra-trace detection of explosives, pollutants and biomolecules.
Nature Communications
, 7
, Article 12189. 10.1038/ncomms12189.
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Abstract
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is one of the most sensitive spectroscopic techniques available, with single-molecule detection possible on a range of noble-metal substrates. It is widely used to detect molecules that have a strong Raman response at very low concentrations. Here we present photo-induced-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, where the combination of plasmonic nanoparticles with a photo-activated substrate gives rise to large signal enhancement (an order of magnitude) for a wide range of small molecules, even those with a typically low Raman cross-section. We show that the induced chemical enhancement is due to increased electron density at the noble-metal nanoparticles, and demonstrate the universality of this system with explosives, biomolecules and organic dyes, at trace levels. Our substrates are also easy to fabricate, self-cleaning and reusable.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Photo-induced enhanced Raman spectroscopy for universal ultra-trace detection of explosives, pollutants and biomolecules |
Location: | England |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1038/ncomms12189 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12189 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2016. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1503890 |
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