Abstract
We present a cost-effective method for making large-area surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates by using spontaneous dewetting of ultrathin gold film. The dewetting of 5-nm-thick gold film formed high-density gold islands ranged from 40 nm to 80 nm. The measured SERS signal was 5 times stronger than synthesised gold nanoparticles. The SERS signals can be further increased by depositing small silver nanoparticles on the dewetted film. The experimental results showed 5-nm-thick silver coating increased SERS signals up to 10 times. The calculations by finite-difference time-domain method verified such SERS enhancement originated from enhanced electric fields between gold islands and silver nanoparticles. In the application, we demonstrated an all-optical measurement of pH values in microfluidic devices by using SERS signals of para-mercaptobenzoic acid.
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