Sers structures with nanoporous materials
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDevin Alexander Mourey, Vladek Kasperchik, James William Stasiak
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus and methods of forming and using the SERS apparatus. An example of a SERS apparatus includes a nanoporous material on an upper surface of a substrate, a plurality of SERS-active structures on an upper surface of the nanoporous material, and a Raman-active material on a surface of each of SERS-active structures.
Claims15
A surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus, comprising:
- a nanoporous material on an upper surface of a substrate;
- a plurality of SERS-active structures on an upper surface of the nanoporous material;
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- a Raman-active material exposed on a surface of each of the SERS-active structures.
A method of forming a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus, comprising:
- forming a nanoporous material on an upper surface of a substrate;
- forming a plurality of SERS-active structures on an upper surface of the nanoporous material;
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- applying a Raman-active metal-containing material, wherein the Raman-active metal-containing material is exposed on a surface of each of the plurality of SERS-active structures.
A method of operating a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus, comprising:
- applying a solution to a number of SERS-active structures on an upper surface of a nanoporous material, wherein the number of SERS-active structures comprises a Raman-active metal-containing material exposed on a surface of each of the number of SERS-active structures;
- drawing the solution into the SERS-active structures by capillary force applied by the nanoporous material to absorb the solution into the nanoporous material;
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- exposing a material of interest present in the solution that is associated with the Raman-active metal-containing material to spectroscopy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.