Plasmonics and SERS activity of post-transition metal nanoparticles

Autor: Thiago Neves Machado, Arandi Ginane Bezerra, Wido H. Schreiner, Leni Akcelrud, Denis A. Turchetti, Jorge Alberto Lenz, Thiago Demetrius Woiski
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 20
ISSN: 1572-896X
1388-0764
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-018-4249-8
Popis: Nanoparticles of the post-transition metals, In, Sn, Pb, and Bi, and of the metalloid Sb were produced by laser ablation synthesis in solution (LASiS) and tested for localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPR) and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Vis optical absorption, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Several organic and biological molecules were tested, and SERS activity was demonstrated for all tested nanoparticles and molecules. The Raman enhancement factor for each nanoparticle class and molecule was experimentally determined. The search for new plasmonic nanostructures is important mainly for life sciences-related applications and this study expands the range of SERS active systems.
Databáze: OpenAIRE