Surface enhanced Raman scattering of crystal violet

Robin Jones; Tim Batten; Brian Smith; Alejandro V. Silhanek; Daniel Wolverson; Ventsislav Valev

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Surface enhanced Raman scattering of crystal violet

Robin Jones, Tim Batten, Brian Smith, Alejandro V. Silhanek, Daniel Wolverson, Ventsislav Valev

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Abstract

Despite the ubiquity of Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence, poor signal strength and photobleaching pose a significant challenge to researchers in the biomedical field. Here, we demonstrate a 17-fold signal enhancement in Raman spectra of crystal violet via surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The SERS substrate was fabricated by electron beam lithography (EBL); the nanostructured surface was an array of G-shaped elements made of Au on SiO2/Si. In addition to the SERS spectra, finite-difference time-domain simulations were performed to illustrate the distribution of electric-field hot-spots on the SERS substrate. The electric-field hot-spots were prominent at the vertices and edges of the nanostructured G-shaped motifs. The results presented here demonstrate that EBL is a high-end choice for SERS substrate fabrication that opens the way for more complex Raman spectroscopies, for instance involving nonlinear optics or chiral analytes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII
Subtitle of host publication	Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII
Editors	Mario Bertolotti, Anatoly V. Zayats, Alexei M. Zheltikov
Chapter	11770
Number of pages	7
Volume	11770
Edition	May
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510643741
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2590035
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2021

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	11770
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Keywords

Crystal violet
Electron beam Lithography
Finite-difference time-domain simulation
Surface enhanced Raman scattering

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Jones, R., Batten, T., Smith, B., Silhanek, A. V., Wolverson, D., & Valev, V. (2021). Surface enhanced Raman scattering of crystal violet. In M. Bertolotti, A. V. Zayats, & A. M. Zheltikov (Eds.), Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII: Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII (May ed., Vol. 11770). [1177015] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11770). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2590035

Surface enhanced Raman scattering of crystal violet. / Jones, Robin; Batten, Tim; Smith, Brian et al.
Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII: Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII. ed. / Mario Bertolotti; Anatoly V. Zayats; Alexei M. Zheltikov. Vol. 11770 May. ed. 2021. 1177015 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11770).

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Jones, R, Batten, T, Smith, B, Silhanek, AV, Wolverson, D & Valev, V 2021, Surface enhanced Raman scattering of crystal violet. in M Bertolotti, AV Zayats & AM Zheltikov (eds), Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII: Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII. May edn, vol. 11770, 1177015, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11770. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2590035

Jones R, Batten T, Smith B, Silhanek AV, Wolverson D , Valev V. Surface enhanced Raman scattering of crystal violet. In Bertolotti M, Zayats AV, Zheltikov AM, editors, Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII: Nonlinear Optics and Applications XII. May ed. Vol. 11770. 2021. 1177015. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2590035

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