Synthesis of bifunctional Au/Pt/Au Core/shell nanoraspberries for in situ SERS monitoring of platinum-catalyzed reactions

J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Dec 7;133(48):19302-5. doi: 10.1021/ja208298q. Epub 2011 Nov 10.

Abstract

The synthesis of bifunctional Au/Pt/Au nanoraspberries for use in quantitative in situ monitoring of platinum-catalyzed reactions by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is presented. Highly convolved SERS spectra of reaction mixtures can be decomposed into the contributions of distinct molecular species by multivariate data analysis.