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Polymer nanopillar array with Au nanoparticle inlays as a flexible and transparent SERS substrate

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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 6, Issue 42, Pages 35527-35531

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra06329b

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  1. National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program) of China [2015AA043302]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61474048]
  3. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [HUST2015049]

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We report a facile and efficient way to fabricate a highly flexible, transparent and efficient surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate, in which Au nanoparticles (NPs) were embedded into the polymeric nanopillars via a nanoimprint lithography (NIL) method and using an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template. The obtained substrate exhibits prominent reproducibility and high sensitivity to Rhodamine 6G (R6G). Moreover, it possesses excellent transparency and flexibility. The SERS intensity acquired from these substrates almost remains constant after 200 bending cycles. Compared with traditional SERS substrates, this substrate represents a novel format with unique advantages, such as being highly flexible, transparent, lightweight, portable and easy to handle. More importantly, it can be scaled up for high-throughput production with low cost.

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