Single molecule SERS and detection of biomolecules with a single gold nanoparticle on a mirror junction

Li Li(University of Southampton), Tanya Hutter(University of Cambridge), Ullrich Steiner(University of Cambridge), Sumeet Mahajan(University of Cambridge)
The Analyst
January 1, 2013
Cited by 129

Abstract

Using the bianalyte method we unambiguously demonstrate that a single gold nanosphere on a metal film junction, in the so-called nanoparticle on a mirror configuration, is capable of single molecule detection with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Also this configuration serves as a convenient and highly sensitive SERS sensor for detection of biomolecules. Such simple nano-junction based systems are ideal for chemical and biomedical analysis.


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