TEM study of nanofinger structures for surface enhanced Raman scattering
2013
Chemical sensing applications utilizing surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) have drawn significant
attention recently. However, developing a reliable, high performance SERS platform remains a challenge. A novel
SERS substrate based on nanofingers was successfully demonstrated to provide large enhancement reliably and
showed great promise for practical applications. Capillary forces bring the gold caps on the nanofingers into close
proximity upon exposure to a solution containing molecules of interest, trapping molecules within the gaps and
producing greatly enhanced Raman signals. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to characterize the
structure of the nanofingers, in particular the gaps between finger tips to improve the fundamental understanding of
the structural-performance relationship.
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