Molecular engineering of organic semiconductors enables noble metal-comparable SERS enhancement and sensitivity

Gokhan Demirel; Rebecca L. M. Gieseking; Resul Ozdemir; Simon Kahmann; Maria A. Loi; George C. Schatz; Antonio Facchetti; Hakan Usta

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13505-7

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Molecular engineering of organic semiconductors enables noble metal-comparable SERS enhancement and sensitivity

Gokhan Demirel,
Rebecca L. M. Gieseking,
Resul Ozdemir,
Simon Kahmann,
Maria A. Loi,
George C. Schatz,
Antonio Facchetti,
Hakan Usta

Affiliations

Gokhan Demirel: Bio-inspired Materials Research Laboratory (BIMREL), Department of Chemistry, Gazi University
Rebecca L. M. Gieseking: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Resul Ozdemir: Bio-inspired Materials Research Laboratory (BIMREL), Department of Chemistry, Gazi University
Simon Kahmann: Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen
Maria A. Loi: Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen
George C. Schatz: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Antonio Facchetti: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Hakan Usta: Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, Abdullah Gül University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13505-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Organic semiconductors are considered promising Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy platforms. Here the authors demonstrate that metal-free films based on a π-conjugated molecule containing a fully π-conjugated backbone provides an enhancement factor of 105 and detection limit of 10−9 M for methylene blue.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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