Fabrication of silver nanoparticles/single-walled carbon nanotubes composite for surface-enhanced Raman scattering.
A simple method of the fabrication of silver nanoparticles/single-walled carbon nanotubes (Ag/SWNTs) composite for surface-enhanced Raman scattering was presented. The morphology of Ag/SWNTs composite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The performance of the Ag/SWNTs composite as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrate was evaluated via using 4-aminothiophenol (PATP) as the probe molecule. Compared with PATP on AgNPs film, the SERS signal of PATP was obviously improved on the Ag/SWNTs composite. Then, by examining the relative enhancement of the nontotally symmetric (b(2)) modes of PATP, this effect was shown to arise from a charge-transfer contribution between molecule and metal.
Zhao
Hong
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School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, PR China.
Fu
Honggang
H
Tian
Chungui
C
Ren
Zhiyu
Z
Tian
Guohui
G
D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013499:Surface Properties
D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D012834:Silver