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A Filter-based Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Assay for Rapid Detection of Chemical Contaminants
Published on: February 19, 2016
Effective collection and detection of airborne species using SERS-based detection and localized electrodynamic
En-Chiang Lin1, Jun Fang, Se-Chul Park
1University of Minnesota, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rm. 4-178, 200 Union St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Abstract:
Three different delivery concepts (standard diffusion, global electrodynamic precipitation, and localized nanolens-based precipitation) and three different SERS enhancement layers (a silver film, a nanolens-based localized silver nanoparticle film, and the standard AgFON) are compared. The nanolens concept is applied to increase the SERS signal: a factor of 633, when compared to a standard mechanism of diffusion, is observed.
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