Single-Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering and Langmuir−Blodgett Monolayers
- 30 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 73 (15), 3674-3678
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ac0101961
Abstract
The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique has been used to obtain spatially resolved surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) spectra of single dye molecules dispersed in the matrix of a fatty acid. The experimental results presented here mimic the original electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) work where the background bulk water did not interfere with the detection of the SERS signal of molecules adsorbed onto the rough silver electrode. LB monolayers of the dye in fatty acid have been fabricated on silver island films with a concentration, in average, of one probe molecule per micrometer square. The properties of single-molecule spectroscopy were investigated using micro-Raman including mapping and global images. Blinking of the SERRS signal was also observed.Keywords
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