Nanoscale array structures suitable for surface enhanced raman scattering and methods related thereto

TL;DR: In this article, an apparatus for performing SERS includes a substrate and flexible nano-fingers, each of which has a first end attached to the substrate, a free second end, and a body portion extending between the first end and the second end.

TL;DR: In this paper, a nanostructured functional coating disposed on a substrate is described, which is characterized by both anti-reflection properties and down-converting properties, and the functional coating is shown to have a better anti-reflective property than conventional functional coatings.

TL;DR: In this article, a sample analysis element is provided with a plurality of metal nanobody lines, each of which includes a plurality with a metal body arranged in a line on a dielectric surface at a first pitch smaller than a wavelength of incident light.

TL;DR: In this paper, a flow through a photonic crystal membrane with a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate is provided with pores which are distributed along multiple regions, and an optical arrangement out-of-plane to the SERS substrate is also provided for enhanced sensitivity and identification of target organisms.

TL;DR: By altering the structure of a metal's surface, the properties of surface plasmons—in particular their interaction with light—can be tailored, which could lead to miniaturized photonic circuits with length scales that are much smaller than those currently achieved.

TL;DR: In this article, surface-enhanced Raman scattering was used to detect single molecules and single nanoparticles at room temperature with the use of surface enhanced Raman, and the intrinsic Raman enhancement factors were on the order of 10 14 to 10 15, much larger than the ensemble-averaged values derived from conventional measurements.

TL;DR: In this paper, free standing Si quantum wires can be fabricated without the use of epitaxial deposition or lithography using electrochemical and chemical dissolution steps to define networks of isolated wires out of bulk wafers.

TL;DR: In this article, the first observation of single molecule Raman scattering was made using a single crystal violet molecule in aqueous colloidal silver solution using one second collection time and about $2.