A new substrate for surface enhanced Raman scattering of dye Sudan molecules

A new SERS substrate was prepared using electro-polishing aluminum foils. Based on these high active SERS systems, surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of Azo Dye Sudan were performed and carefully studied based on this highly active SERS substrate. High quality SERS spectra were obtained, which indicates that this kind of coarse aluminum foils is an active SERS substrate. Numbers of additional modes were presented, as well as some split peaks, which may be a consequence of symmetry lowering.