TY - JOUR
T1 - Expanding applications of SERS through versatile nanomaterials engineering
AU - Cardinal, M. Fernanda
AU - Vander Ende, Emma
AU - Hackler, Ryan A.
AU - McAnally, Michael O.
AU - Stair, Peter C.
AU - Schatz, George C.
AU - Van Duyne, Richard P.
N1 - Funding Information:
M. F. C., G. C. S. and R. P. V. D. acknowledge financial support from the National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (DMR-1121262). R. A. H., P. C. S., G. C. S. and R. P. V. D. acknowledge financial support from Northwestern University Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes (ICEP). ICEP is funded through the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (Award Number DE-FG02-03ER15457). M. O. M. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (DGE-0824162). E. V. E. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (DGE-1324585). This material is based on research sponsored by the Air Force Research laboratory under agreement number FA8650-15-2-5518.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
PY - 2017/7/7
Y1 - 2017/7/7
N2 - Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has evolved into a cross-disciplinary analytical technique by unveiling relevant chemical, biological, material, and structural information. The focus of this review is on two critical properties for successfully expanding applications of SERS spectroscopy: quality of the plasmonic substrate and molecule localization to the substrate. In this review, we discuss recent work on quantifying SERS distance dependence, key factors for substrate characterization and performance evaluation, expansion of SERS applications through substrate development for UV plasmonics and short-distance capture strategies for optimizing analyte-surface structures. After surveying the recent developments of these seemingly disparate fields, we suggest new research directions that may originate from a synergistic blend of all the herein discussed topics. Finally, we discuss major challenges and open questions related to the application of SERS for understanding of chemical processes at the nanoscale, with special interest on in situ catalysts and biosensing.
AB - Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has evolved into a cross-disciplinary analytical technique by unveiling relevant chemical, biological, material, and structural information. The focus of this review is on two critical properties for successfully expanding applications of SERS spectroscopy: quality of the plasmonic substrate and molecule localization to the substrate. In this review, we discuss recent work on quantifying SERS distance dependence, key factors for substrate characterization and performance evaluation, expansion of SERS applications through substrate development for UV plasmonics and short-distance capture strategies for optimizing analyte-surface structures. After surveying the recent developments of these seemingly disparate fields, we suggest new research directions that may originate from a synergistic blend of all the herein discussed topics. Finally, we discuss major challenges and open questions related to the application of SERS for understanding of chemical processes at the nanoscale, with special interest on in situ catalysts and biosensing.
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U2 - 10.1039/c7cs00207f
DO - 10.1039/c7cs00207f
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28640313
AN - SCOPUS:85021995130
SN - 0306-0012
VL - 46
SP - 3886
EP - 3903
JO - Chemical Society Reviews
JF - Chemical Society Reviews
IS - 13
ER -