Nanocomposite mesoporous ordered films for lab-on-chip intrinsic surface enhanced Raman scattering detection

Nanoscale. 2011 Sep 1;3(9):3760-6. doi: 10.1039/c1nr10404g. Epub 2011 Aug 8.

Abstract

Mesoporous nanocomposite materials have been fabricated through integration of evaporation-induced self-assembly and deep X-ray lithography. Micropatterned films made using a mesoporous ordered silica matrix which contains silver nanoparticles have been obtained. The exposure of the mesoporous films to high energy X-rays, which are generated by a synchrotron source, produces several effects: the removal of the surfactant, the densification of the silica backbone and the formation of silver nanoparticles. This integrated process produces a nanocomposite material which has a 2D-hexagonal organized porosity and silver nanoparticles with a sharp size distribution around 5 nm. The patterned nanostructured films have been tested as a lab-on-chip device for intrinsic surface enhanced Raman scattering detection using a solution containing rhodamine 6G in ethanol and measuring Raman response as a function of laser power.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ethanol / chemistry
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Nanocomposites / chemistry*
  • Porosity
  • Rhodamines / chemistry
  • Silver / chemistry
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman

Substances

  • Rhodamines
  • rhodamine 6G
  • Ethanol
  • Silver