Plasmonic substrates for surface enhanced Raman scattering

Wenbing Li; Xinchu Zhao; Zhifeng Yi; Alexey M Glushenkov; Lingxue Kong

doi:10.1016/j.aca.2017.06.002

Plasmonic substrates for surface enhanced Raman scattering

Anal Chim Acta. 2017 Sep 1:984:19-41. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.06.002. Epub 2017 Jun 20.

Authors

Wenbing Li¹, Xinchu Zhao², Zhifeng Yi², Alexey M Glushenkov², Lingxue Kong²

Affiliations

¹ Deakin University, Institute of Frontier Materials, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia. Electronic address: lwenb@deakin.edu.au.
² Deakin University, Institute of Frontier Materials, Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia.

PMID: 28843563
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.06.002

Abstract

As an advanced analytical tool, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has broad applications in identification of colorants in paints and glazes, hazard detection to ensure food safety, biomedicine and diagnosis, environmental monitoring, detection of explosives and forensic science. In this review, main types of plasmonic substrates, which include solid substrate with metallic nanostructures and chemically synthesized noble metal colloids, and their fabrication methods are reviewed. The design principles for fabrication of ultrasensitive plasmonic substrates for SERS are presented on the basis of published literature. Finally, various applications of SERS substrates are described, indicating the potential of this technique in practical applications. As an ultrasensitive detection method, SERS is at the core of a rapidly expanding research field.

Keywords: Analytical spectroscopy; Nanofabrication; Plasmonics; Surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

Publication types

Review