Workers from the ÚCHV with collaboration Department of material research SAV published the article in prestige journal Applied Surface Science (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433217318044). They studied metal nanocavities (Ni/Ag) structures for the application in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Prepared nanostructured surfaces display excellent enhancement of analytical signal with enhancement factor 1010 and great sensitivity. Potential application area of these surfaces is sensorics.
Contact: Andrej Oriňak (andrej.orinak@upjs.sk)
SEM image of Ni nanocavities substrate with Ag nanoparticles on the surface. The diameter of nanocavities is 500 nm. Inset image represents FDTD simulation of the electric field in a cross section of nanocavities film. The enhancement of the analytical signal occurs in the areas shown in red.
