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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Spectroscopy
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful technique for trace molecule detection.
  • Developing stable and sensitive SERS substrates remains a key challenge.
  • Existing semiconductor substrates have limitations in enhancement factor and universality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a novel diamond-based substrate for enhanced semiconductor SERS.
  • To investigate the suitability of boron-doped diamond (BDD) for trace molecular probing.
  • To achieve high sensitivity, stability, reproducibility, recyclability, and universality in SERS.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of boron-doped diamond (BDD) substrates with surface hydrogenation or oxygenation.
  • Utilizing BDD substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of molecular probes.
  • Characterization of SERS performance, including enhancement factor and mechanism.

Main Results:

  • BDD substrates demonstrate high sensitivity, stability, reproducibility, recyclability, and universality for SERS.
  • Achieved enhancement factors of 10^4-10^5, surpassing silicon, germanium, and graphene.
  • Identified charge transfer with vibronic coupling as the SERS mechanism.

Conclusions:

  • Diamond serves as a high-performance semiconductor SERS platform due to its unique properties.
  • BDD substrates offer a favorable alternative to nanostructured semiconductors for SERS.
  • This technology has broad applications in various fields requiring sensitive molecular detection.