Preparation of cellophane-based substrate and its SERS performance on the detection of CV and acetamiprid

Cellophane was taken as platform to fabricate a new SERS substrate via silver mirror action. From Raman spectra, it can be found that the Raman signal of Ag-coated cellophane has little influence on the detection of analytes molecules. Raman mapping analysis showed that the cellophane-based SERS substrate has good uniformity. By using the Ag-coated cellophane, 10^-6-10^-9M crystal violet (CV) could be detected by this substrate and the reproducibility of the substrate was also involved. Acetamiprid was also detected via Ag-coated cellophane. The result showed that cellophane is suitable to be taken as platform for preparation of SERS substrates.