Lab-on-Fiber Sensors with Ag/Au Nanocap Arrays Based on the Two Deposits of Polystyrene Nanospheres.

ABSTRACT: Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) can boost the pristine Raman signal significantly which could be exploited for producing innovative sensing devices with advanced properties. However, the inherent complexity of SERS systems restricts their further applications in rapid detection, especially in situ detection in narrow areas. Here, we construct an efficient and flexible SERS-based Lab-on-Fiber (LOF) sensor by integrating Ag/Au nanocap arrays obtained by Ag/Au coating polystyrene nanospheres on the optical fiber face. We obtain rich "hot spots" at the nanogaps between neighboring nanocaps, and further achieve SERS performance with the assistance of laser-induced thermophoresis on the metal film that can achieve efficiency aggregation of detected molecules. We achieve a high Raman e

SUBMITTER: Shi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10610900 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature