Spatially resolved surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy: Feasibility, intensity dependence on sampling area and attomole mass sensitivity

Richard P. van Duyne*, Kurt L. Haller, Robert I. Altkorn

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Abstract

Spatially resolved surface enhanced Raman scattering (SR SERS) from μm sized sampling areas has been observed in the electrochemical environment for the first time. Analysis of the equation for SR SERS intensity reveals that the detected signal should be area independent. This is demonstrated experimentally for the aqueous pyridine/Ag model system using 200 kW cm-2 peak laser irradiance. The mass detection limits for SR SERS are found to be on the order of 105 molecules or 0.17 attomoles!

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)190-196
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume126
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2 1986

Funding

Wew isht o thankC . Kot for adviceo n fiber optic terminationtsh, eN ikon InstrumenDt ivision,F rank Fryer Corp.,a ndS cientificS upplyC o. for thel oano f severaNl ikon andO lympuse xtra-lonwg orkingd is-tanceo bjectivesa, ndD r. JosephM . Lakovitsf or severavla luabled iscussionTsh. is workw ass upported by theN ationaSl cienceF oundation(C HE 82-05801) and the Air Force Office of ScientificR esearch (AFOSR 83-0350)O. ne of us (KLH) gratefully acknowledgeths e supporto f an NSF Graduate Fellowship.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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