Surface enhanced raman scattering (Sers) studies of gold and silver nanoparticles prepared by laser ablation

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Gold and silver nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared in water, acetonitrile and isopropanol by laser ablation methodologies. The average characteristic (longer) size of the NPs obtained ranged from 3 to 70 nm. 4-Aminobenzebethiol (4-ABT) was chosen as the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) probe molecule to determine the optimum irradiation time and the pH of aqueous synthesis of the laser ablation-based synthesis of metallic NPs. The synthesized NPs were used to evaluate their capacity as substrates for developing more analytical applications based on SERS measurements. A highly energetic material, TNT, was used as the target compound in the SERS experiments. The Raman spectra were measured with a Raman microspectrometer. The results demonstrate that gold and silver NP substrates fabricated by the methods developed show promising results for SERS-based studies and could lead to the development of micro sensors.

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Herrera, G. M., Padilla, A. C., & Hernandez-Rivera, S. P. (2013). Surface enhanced raman scattering (Sers) studies of gold and silver nanoparticles prepared by laser ablation. Nanomaterials, 3(1), 158–172. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano3010158

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