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Revealing the synergistic effect of capillary force and electrostatic attraction for D-SERS sensitivity
Weili Wang1,2, Shuhuan Pu3, Weiye Hu3
1State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. guokunliu@xmu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
To overcome the relative weak stability and reproducibility of solid substrates and the long no-signal duration before the short signal-on period of dynamic SERS (D-SERS) strategies, we introduced an electrostatic attraction between the molecule and the D-SERS substrate. The synergistic effect between capillary force and electrostatic attraction during D-SERS measurements improves the SERS sensitivity by 2-3 orders of magnitude compared to that for a solid SERS substrate prepared via liquid-liquid interface self-assembly.
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