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Geladari O, Haizmann P, Maier A, Strienz M, Eberle M, Scheele M, Peisert H, Schnepf A, Chassé T, Braun K, Meixner AJ. Direct laser induced writing of high precision gold nanosphere SERS patterns. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2024; 6:1213-1217. [PMID: 38356631 PMCID: PMC10863701 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00855j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Abstract
The high sensitivity and molecular fingerprint capability of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) have lead to a wide variety of applications ranging from classical physics, chemistry over biology to medicine. Equally, there are numerous methods to fabricate samples owing to the desired properties and to create the localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRS). However, for many applications the LSPRs must be specifically localized on micrometer sized areas and multiple steps of lithography are needed to achieve the desired substrates. Here we present a fast and reliable direct laser induced writing (DIW) method to produce SERS substrates with active areas of interest in any desired size and shape in the micrometer regime. Afterwards, the SERS substrates have been functionalized with phthalocyanines. The DIW fabricated samples realize sub-monolayer sensitivity and an almost uniform enhancement over the entire area, which make this production method suitable for many sensing applications.
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- Olympia Geladari
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics LISA+, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 15 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics LISA+, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 15 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics LISA+, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 15 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics LISA+, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 15 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics LISA+, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 15 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics LISA+, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 15 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics LISA+, Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 15 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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Aceti DM, Filipov E, Angelova L, Sotelo L, Fontanot T, Yousefi P, Christiansen S, Leuchs G, Stanimirov S, Trifonov A, Buchvarov I, Daskalova A. Single-Step Process for Titanium Surface Micro- and Nano-Structuring and In Situ Silver Nanoparticles Formation by Ultra-Short Laser Patterning. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15134670. [PMID: 35806794 PMCID: PMC9267125 DOI: 10.3390/ma15134670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Ultra-short laser (USL)-induced surface structuring combined with nanoparticles synthesis by multiphoton photoreduction represents a novel single-step approach for commercially pure titanium (cp-Ti) surface enhancement. Such a combination leads to the formation of distinct topographical features covered by nanoparticles. The USL processing of cp-Ti in an aqueous solution of silver nitrate (AgNO3) induces the formation of micron-sized spikes surmounted by silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The proposed approach combines the structuring and oxidation of the Ti surface and the synthesis of AgNPs in a one-step process, without the use of additional chemicals or a complex apparatus. Such a process is easy to implement, versatile and sustainable compared to alternative methodologies capable of obtaining comparable results. Antimicrobial surfaces on medical devices (e.g., surgical tools or implants), for which titanium is widely used, can be realized due to the simultaneous presence of AgNPs and micro/nano-structured surface topography. The processed surfaces were examined by means of a scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy. The surface morphology and the oxidation, quality and quantity of AgNPs were analyzed in relation to process parameters (laser scanning speed and AgNO3 concentration), as well as the effect of AgNPs on the Raman signal of Titanium oxide.
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- Dante Maria Aceti
- Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Innovations-Institut für Nanotechnologie und Korrelative Mikroskopie gGmbH Äußere Nürnberger Str. 62, 91301 Forchheim, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS Äußere Nürnberger Str. 62, 91301 Forchheim, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS Äußere Nürnberger Str. 62, 91301 Forchheim, Germany
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- Innovations-Institut für Nanotechnologie und Korrelative Mikroskopie gGmbH Äußere Nürnberger Str. 62, 91301 Forchheim, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS Äußere Nürnberger Str. 62, 91301 Forchheim, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University, 1 J. Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics, Sofia University, 5 J. Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics, Sofia University, 5 J. Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Babich E, Kaasik V, Redkov A, Maurer T, Lipovskii A. SERS-Active Pattern in Silver-Ion-Exchanged Glass Drawn by Infrared Nanosecond Laser. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1849. [PMID: 32947813 PMCID: PMC7560222 DOI: 10.3390/nano10091849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The irradiation of silver-to-sodium ion-exchanged glass with 1.06-μm nanosecond laser pulses of mJ-range energy results in the formation of silver nanoparticles under the glass surface. Following chemical removal of ~25-nm glass layer reveals a pattern of nanoparticles capable of surface enhancement of Raman scattering (SERS). The pattern formed when laser pulses are more than half-overlapped provides up to ~105 enhancement and uniform SERS signal distribution, while the decrease of the pulse overlap results in an order of magnitude higher but less uniform enhancement.
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- Ekaterina Babich
- Institute of physics, nanotechnology and telecommunications, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; (V.K.); (A.L.)
- Sector of optics of heterogeneous nanostructures and optical materials, Alferov University, Khlopina 8/3, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of physics, nanotechnology and telecommunications, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; (V.K.); (A.L.)
- Sector of optics of heterogeneous nanostructures and optical materials, Alferov University, Khlopina 8/3, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of structural and phase transformations in condensed media, Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering RAS, Bolshoy pr. V. O. 61, 199178 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Light, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies (L2n), Université de Technologie de Troyes & CNRS ERL 7004, rue Marie Curie 12, CS 42060, 10004 Troyes CEDEX, France;
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- Institute of physics, nanotechnology and telecommunications, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; (V.K.); (A.L.)
- Sector of optics of heterogeneous nanostructures and optical materials, Alferov University, Khlopina 8/3, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Vendamani VS, Rao SVSN, Pathak AP, Soma VR. Robust and cost-effective silver dendritic nanostructures for SERS-based trace detection of RDX and ammonium nitrate. RSC Adv 2020; 10:44747-44755. [PMID: 35516256 PMCID: PMC9058624 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra08834j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We report the fabrication and performance evaluation of cost-effective, reproducible silver nanodendrite (AgND) substrates, possessing high-density trunks and branches, achieved by a simple electroless etching process and subsequently utilized them for the trace detection of 1,3,5-trinitroperhydro-1,3,5-triazine (Research Development Explosive, RDX) and Ammonium Nitrate (AN). The intricate structural features in AgNDs offer high-density hotspots for effective molecular detection based on the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique. The active SERS-substrate was initially tested with standard Rhodamine 6G (R6G) molecules at 1 nM concentration, which established an effective enhancement factor (EF) of ∼108. The AgNDs were subsequently utilized in the detection of the explosives RDX and AN, down to concentrations of 1 μM. The typical EF achieved in the case of RDX and AN was ∼104. The sensitivity of 1 μM R6G was further enhanced by two-fold through the deposition of Au nanoparticles on the AgNDs. The reproducibility of the low-cost substrate was also demonstrated, with a ∼9% RSD value in the measurements. We report the fabrication and performance evaluation of cost-effective, reproducible silver nanodendrite (AgND) substrates, possessing high-density trunks and branches, achieved by a simple electroless etching and used for the trace detection of RDX and Ammonium Nitrate.![]()
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- V. S. Vendamani
- Advanced Centre for Research in High Energy Materials (ACRHEM)
- University of Hyderabad
- Hyderabad
- India
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Electronics Science and Technology (CASEST)
- University of Hyderabad
- Hyderabad 500046
- India
- School of Physics
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- School of Physics
- University of Hyderabad
- Hyderabad 500046
- India
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- Advanced Centre for Research in High Energy Materials (ACRHEM)
- University of Hyderabad
- Hyderabad
- India
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