Issue 17, 2012

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) on transition metal and semiconductor nanostructures

Abstract

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has experienced a rapid growth over the past 30 years, and has become a valuable tool in various research areas. In conjunction with recent explosive development of nanoscience and nanotechnology, the SERS-active substrates have also expanded from traditional Group 11 metals (Au, Ag, Cu) to non-Group 11 nanostructures. This paper gives an overview of historical advances in the use of non-Group 11 nanostructures as substrates for SERS. Several possible mechanisms and important factors for SERS from non-Group 11 nanostructures are discussed in detail. The SERS from non-Group 11 nanostructures provides many significant applications in surface, interface analysis and biochemical detection. It is reasonable to believe that the advancement in the non-Group 11 nanostructures-based SERS-active substrates will lead to a more promising future for the SERS technology in surface science, spectroscopy and biomedicine.

Graphical abstract: Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) on transition metal and semiconductor nanostructures

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
10 Jan 2012
Accepted
07 Feb 2012
First published
24 Feb 2012

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012,14, 5891-5901

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) on transition metal and semiconductor nanostructures

X. Wang, W. Shi, G. She and L. Mu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 5891 DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40080D

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