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A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrate for highly sensitive label-free immunoassay

  • Ming Liang Zhang
  • , Chang Qing Yi
  • , Xia Fan
  • , Kui Qing Peng
  • , Ning Bew Wong*
  • , Meng Su Yang
  • , Rui Qin Zhang
  • , Shuit Tong Lee
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • City University of Hong Kong

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Abstract

Large-scale uniform silicon nanowires (SiNWs) array was fabricated by chemical etching on n-Si (111) wafer. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were loaded on their surfaces. The AgNPs on SiNWs (AgNPs@SiNWs) array exhibit strong surface-enhanced Raman effect. On the substrate surfaces, characteristic Raman signals are generated with trace amount of mouse immunoglobulin G (mIgG), goat-anti-mouse immunoglobulin G (gamIgG), and immune complexes formed from 4 ng each of mIgG and gamIgG. The shifted positions and changed intensities in Raman bands indicate the occurrence of immunoreactions. This AgNPs@SiNWs array is a unique substrate for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to show the immune reagents and immunoreactions at higher sensitivity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043116
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume92
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

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