Abstract
Raman spectroscopy is a powerful method to characterize molecules in various media. Although surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is often employed to compensate for the intrinsically poor sensitivity of Raman spectroscopy, there remain serious tasks, such as simple preparations of SERS substrates, sensitivity control, and reproducible measurements. Here, we propose freezing as an efficient way to overcome these problems in SERS measurements using DNA bases as model targets. Solutes are expelled from ice crystals and concentrated in the liquid phase upon freezing. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are also concentrated in the liquid phase to aggregate with Raman target analytes. The SERS signal intensity is maximized when the AgNP concentration exceeds the critical aggregation value. Freezing allows up to 5000 times enhancements of the SERS signal. Thus, an efficient SERS platform is prepared by simple freezing. The simultaneous detection of four DNA bases effectively eliminates variations of signal intensities and allows the reliable determination of concentrationratios.
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