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Inkjet−Printable Nanoporous Ag Disk Arrays Enabling Coffee−Ring Effect−Driven Analyte Enrichment Towards Practical SERS Applications

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To make surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors more practical, we propose nanoporous Ag disks as SERS-active plasmonic structures that can be readily inkjet-printed just before use to avoid degradation of SERS enhancement. Together with the aid of the enhanced plasmonic fields from the nanoporous Ag (confirmed by electromagnetic simulation), we utilize a coffee-ring effect to concentrate target analytes, which is demonstrated by confocal Raman measurements. By using the proposed SERS sensor, Raman signals of TiO2 nanoparticles with a concentration of ppm to sub-ppb have been successfully measured. TiO2 in commercial consumables has been also detected by distinguishing its crystalline phase.

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This research was supported by the research fund of Hanbat National University in 2020, by Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS-2020-GP2020-0004), and by the National Research Foundation of Korean government (2016M3A7B6908929, 2018M3D1A1058814, 2015R1A5A1037668, and 2020R1F1A1073760).

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  1. Center for Nano-Bio Measurement, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea

    Jung-Sub Wi, Minjeong Kwak & Tae Geol Lee

  2. Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon, 34158, Republic of Korea

    Jung-Sub Wi

  3. Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Republic of Korea

    Jeong Dae Kim, Wonseok Lee, Hyunsik Choi, Jungkeun Song & Jong G. Ok

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Wi, JS., Kim, J.D., Lee, W. et al. Inkjet−Printable Nanoporous Ag Disk Arrays Enabling Coffee−Ring Effect−Driven Analyte Enrichment Towards Practical SERS Applications. Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech. 9, 421–429 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-021-00351-6

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