Novel gold nanoparticle substrates based on Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and optimization of their enhancement and reproducibility properties

• Main Author: Chan, Yew Tow.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40402
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

First reported in 1977 SERS has since been widely studied. Crucial for the fabrication of quality SERS substrate with reliably reproducible results is the consistent and homogenous distribution of hot spots which form at the convergence of two nanoparticles. Presence of these hot spots accounts for...