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US 2018/0321156 A1Published application
Dual functional substrates and methods of making the same
AssigneeUniversity of Massachusetts
InventorsLili He, Chen Tan
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Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed relate to a substrate. The present disclosure provides a substrate for use in surface enhanced spectroscopy. The substrate includes a polymeric membrane, a semi-conductive coating on the polymeric membrane, and a plurality of metallic nanoparticles on the semi-conducive coating.
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A substrate for use in surface enhanced spectroscopy, the substrate comprising:
- a polymeric membrane;
- a semi-conductive coating on the polymeric membrane;
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- a plurality of metallic nanoparticles on the semi-conducive coating.
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A method of acquiring a spectrum, the method comprising:
- placing a substrate into at least one of a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy machine and a surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy machine;
- contacting the substrate with a solution containing an analyte with;
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- acquiring a corresponding surface enhanced Raman spectrum or surface enhanced infrared spectrum of the analyte contacted with the substrate, the substrate comprising:
- a polymeric membrane;
- a semi-conductive coating on the polymeric membrane;
- and
- a plurality of metallic nanoparticles on the semi-conducive coating.
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A substrate for use in at least one of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy, the substrate comprising:
- a membrane comprising polyvinylidene fluoride;
- a coating comprising TiO2 on about 100% surface area of a first surface of the membrane;
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- at least one of a plurality of Ag2O nanoparticles, a first plurality of elemental silver nanoparticles and a second plurality of elemental gold nanoparticles, and an alloy comprising elemental silver nanoparticles and elemental gold nanoparticles on the TiO2 coating.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.