Abstract
In this work, the effects of preparation conditions in roughening silver substrates by electrochemical triangular-wave oxidation-reduction cycles (ORC) on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) were investigated. Based on this prepared substrate, the practical limit of detection (LOD) of rhodamine 6G (R6G) can be reduced by six orders of magnitude from 2 × 10-9 to 2 × 10-15 M, as compared with that of R6G adsorbed on a general procedure-prepared roughened Ag substrate. Further investigations indicate that the content and the oxidation state of Cl on the roughened Ag substrate demonstrate decided effects on the observed SERS.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3546-3551 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 35 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry