Monodisperse, Micrometer-Scale, Highly Crystalline, Nanotextured Ag Dendrites: Rapid, Large-Scale, Wet-Chemical Synthesis and Their Application as SERS Substrates

In this letter we report on our interesting finding that the direct mixing of aqueous AgNO3 and NH2OH solutions at room temperature leads to rapid, high-yield production of monodisperse, micrometer scale, highly crystalline, nanotextured Ag dendrites. The surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect of these Ag dendrites was evaluated by using 4-aminothiophenol (p-ATP) as the Raman probe and the results demonstrate that they exhibit strong SERS effects.