Femtosecond Laser Structuring for Flexible Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is an optical technique for molecule identification. However, fabrication of flexible and structured SERS substrates for performance improvement in a facile and cost-effective manner is challenging. In this work, we reported a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)...

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Main Authors: Li-Nan Fang, Ji-Chao Li, Jia-Rui Zhang, Dong-Dong Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9390173/
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Summary:Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is an optical technique for molecule identification. However, fabrication of flexible and structured SERS substrates for performance improvement in a facile and cost-effective manner is challenging. In this work, we reported a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based flexible SERS substrate by femtosecond laser direct writing (FsLDW) technology. The femtosecond laser-treated PTFE surface is 3D hierarchical micro-&#x002F;nano-structures, and the structured PTFE-based SERS chip shows excellent performance enhancement. As a result, 10<sup>&#x2212;7</sup> M can be detected, which shows excellent potentials in developing flexible SERS for wearable electronics.
ISSN:1943-0655