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ArticleACS sensors2023

Controlling Atomic-Scale Restructuring and Cleaning of Gold Nanogap Multilayers for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensing.

David-Benjamin Grys, Marika Niihori, Rakesh Arul, Sarah May Sibug-Torres, Elle W Wyatt, Bart de Nijs, Jeremy J Baumberg

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Article in ACS sensors, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

David-Benjamin GrysNanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-4038-6388
Marika NiihoriNanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-7701-4660
Rakesh ArulNanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-8355-2158
Sarah May Sibug-TorresNanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-6015-4090
Elle W WyattNanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
Bart de NijsNanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-8234-723X
Jeremy J BaumbergNanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-9606-9488

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate the reliable creation of multiple layers of Au nanoparticles in random close-packed arrays with sub-nm gaps as a sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate. Using oxygen plasma etching, all the original molecules creating the nanogaps can be removed and replaced with scaffolding ligands that deliver extremely consistent gap sizes below 1 nm. This allows precision tailoring of the chemical environment of the nanogaps which is crucial for practical Raman sensing applications. Because the resulting aggregate layers are easily accessible from opposite sides by fluids and by light, high-performance fluidic sensing cells are enabled. The ability to cyclically clean off analytes and reuse these films is shown, exemplified by sensing of toluene, volatile organic compounds, and paracetamol, among others.

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Metal NanoparticlesGoldSpectrum Analysis, RamanGoldAuNP aggregatescleaningnanogapsensingSERS

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PMID37411019
PMCPMC10391707

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