Office paper decorated with silver nanostars - an alternative cost effective platform for trace analyte detection by SERS

Abstract For analytical applications in portable sensors to be used in the point-of-need, low-cost SERS substrates using paper as a base, are an alternative. In this work, SERS substrates were produced on two different types of paper: a high porosity paper (Whatman no. 1); and a low porosity paper (...

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Main Authors: Maria João Oliveira, Pedro Quaresma, Miguel Peixoto de Almeida, Andreia Araújo, Eulália Pereira, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Ricardo Franco, Hugo Águas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02484-8