Synthesis and Characterization of Plasmon-Enhanced SERS Substrate Based on Au-Ag Alloy-Coated, Large-Area Photonic (Methyl Methacrylate+Styrene) Co-Polymer

Abstract:

Enhancement of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) by metal nanoparticles has attracted considerable interest on account of their widespread popularity of SERS-based measurements and devices ranging from life science until materials science. Current study focuses on noble metal SERS substrates with attempting to achieve high and enhanced effect by describe a plasmon-enhanced SERS substrate based on gold-silver, alloy-coated co-polymer (methyl methacrylate-styrene) colloidal sphere. Copolymer was synthesised via surfactant-free emulsion polymerization and was successfully produced a homogeneous colloidal spheres. The homogenous spheres of copolymer would promote periodic array upon fabrication and more, introducing the copolymer medium had improved the thermal degradation of the material compare to single polymer. Gold-silver alloy nanospheres was synthesised via one pot reduction method using citrate stabilizer. The nanoalloy obtained are well within the nanoscale domain (<100 nm) supported by the maximum surface plasmon resonance peak at 436 nm using UV-Visible spectroscopy. The perfect combination of our proposed alloy nanoparticles and copolymer present an ability to enhance Raman scattering by higher than 90 %. The region of high electron density of the substrate is expected to develop a new opportunities for SERS detections in wide analytical area.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 982)
• Pages: 14-19
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.982.14
• Online since: March 2020
• Authors: Syara Kassim*, Nor Abidah Mukhtar, Rabiatul Addawiyah Azwa Tahrin
• Keywords: Copolymer, Gold-Silver Alloy Nanoparticles, Plasmon Resonance, Self-Assembly, Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering, Surfactant-Free Emulsion

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