Surface-enhanced Raman scattering material
AssigneeKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
InventorMohammad Kamal Hossain
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Abstract
A surface-enhanced Raman scattering material includes a zinc oxide nanostructure and silver nanoparticles. The silver nanoparticles are incorporated into the zinc oxide nanostructure to form a silver nanoparticle-incorporated zinc oxide nanostructure. The silver nanoparticle-incorporated zinc oxide nanostructure includes zinc in an amount of 52 to 58 percent by weight (wt. %), oxygen in an amount of 42 to 47 wt. %, and silver in an amount of 0.1 to 0.6 wt. % based on a total weight of the silver nanoparticle-incorporated zinc oxide nanostructure. The silver nanoparticle-incorporated zinc oxide nanostructure is porous with an average pore diameter of 20 to 100 nanometers (nm).
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A surface-enhanced Raman scattering material, comprising:
- a zinc oxide nanostructure;
- and
- silver nanoparticles,
- wherein the silver nanoparticles are incorporated into the zinc oxide nanostructure to form a silver nanoparticle-incorporated zinc oxide nanostructure,
- wherein the silver nanoparticle-incorporated zinc oxide nanostructure comprises zinc in an amount of 52 to 58 percent by weight (wt. %), oxygen in an amount of 42 to 47 wt. %, and silver in an amount of 0.1 to 0.6 wt. % based on a total weight of the silver nanoparticle-incorporated zinc oxide nanostructure,
- wherein the silver nanoparticle-incorporated zinc oxide nanostructure is porous with an average pore diameter of 20 to 100 nm.
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