METHOD OF STAMPING SURFACE-ENHANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY FOR LABEL-FREE, MULTIPLEXED, MOLECULAR SENSING AND IMAGING
We report stamping surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (S-SERS) for label-free, multiplexed, molecular sensing and large-area, high-resolution molecular imaging on a flexible, non-plasmonic surface without solution-phase molecule transfer. In this techniqμe, a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) thin film and nanoporous gold disk SERS substrate play the roles as molecule carrier and Raman signal enhancer, respectively. After stamping the SERS substrate onto the PDMS film, SERS measurements can be directly taken from the "sandwiched11 target molecules. The performance of S-SERS is evaluated by the detection of Rhodamine 6G (RGG), urea, and its mixture with acetaminophen (APAP), in physiologically relevant concentration range, along with corresponding SERS spectroscopic maps. S-SERS features simple sample preparation, low cost, and high reproducibility, which could lead to SERS-based sensing and imaging for point-of-care and forensics applications.
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Inquire | National Phase | 2014037 | United States | 9,546,958 |