TY - JOUR
T1 - Autoenhanced Raman Spectroscopy via Plasmonic Trapping for Molecular Sensing
AU - Hong, Soonwoo
AU - Shim, On
AU - Kwon, Hyosung
AU - Choi, Yeonho
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology RandD Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (Grant Nos.: HI14C2537 and HR14C0007).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Chemical Society.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/8/2
Y1 - 2016/8/2
N2 - As a label-free and sensitive biosensor, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a rapidly emerging technique. However, because SERS spectra are obtained in the area of light excitation and the enhancement effect can be varied depending on the position of a substrate, it is important to match the enhanced area with an illuminated spot. Here, in order to overcome such difficulty, we demonstrated a new technique combining SERS with plasmonic trapping. By plasmonic trapping, we can collect gold nanoparticles (GNPs) in the middle of initially fabricated nanobowtie structures where a laser is excited. As a result of trapping GNPs, hot-spots are formed at that area. Because SERS is measured in the area irradiated by a laser, hot-spot can be simultaneously coincided with a detection site for SERS. By using this, we detected Rhodamine 6G to 100 pM. To further verify and improve the reproducibility of our technique, we also calculated the electric field distribution, trapping force and trapping potential.
AB - As a label-free and sensitive biosensor, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a rapidly emerging technique. However, because SERS spectra are obtained in the area of light excitation and the enhancement effect can be varied depending on the position of a substrate, it is important to match the enhanced area with an illuminated spot. Here, in order to overcome such difficulty, we demonstrated a new technique combining SERS with plasmonic trapping. By plasmonic trapping, we can collect gold nanoparticles (GNPs) in the middle of initially fabricated nanobowtie structures where a laser is excited. As a result of trapping GNPs, hot-spots are formed at that area. Because SERS is measured in the area irradiated by a laser, hot-spot can be simultaneously coincided with a detection site for SERS. By using this, we detected Rhodamine 6G to 100 pM. To further verify and improve the reproducibility of our technique, we also calculated the electric field distribution, trapping force and trapping potential.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01451
DO - 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01451
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84982730049
SN - 0003-2700
VL - 88
SP - 7633
EP - 7638
JO - Analytical Chemistry
JF - Analytical Chemistry
IS - 15
ER -