Plasmonic crystal based solid substrate for biomedical application of SERS

Carlo F. Morasso; Dora Mehn; Silvia Picciolini; Renzo Vanna; Marzia Bedoni; Furio Gramatica; Paola Pellacani; Ana Frangolho; Gerardo Marchesini; Andrea Valsesia

doi:10.1117/12.2037780

20 February 2014 Plasmonic crystal based solid substrate for biomedical application of SERS

Carlo F. Morasso, Dora Mehn, Silvia Picciolini, Renzo Vanna, Marzia Bedoni, Furio Gramatica, Paola Pellacani, Ana Frangolho, Gerardo Marchesini, Andrea Valsesia

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Proceedings Volume 8954, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications XI; 895406 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037780
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique that combines the excellent chemical specificity of Raman spectroscopy with the good sensitivity provided by the enhancement of the signal observed when a molecule is located on (or very close to) the surface of suitable nanostructured metallic materials. The availability of cheap, reliable and easy to use SERS substrates would pave the road to the development of bioanalytical tests that can be used in clinical practice. SERS, in fact, is expected to provide not only higher sensitivity and specificity, but also the simultaneous and markedly improved detection of several targets at the same time with higher speed compared to the conventional analytical methods. Here, we present the SERS activity of 2-D plasmonic crystals made by polymeric pillars embedded in a gold matrix obtained through the combination of soft-lithography and plasma deposition techniques on a transparent substrates. The use of a transparent support material allowed us to perform SERS detection from support side opening the possibility to use these substrates in combination with microfluidic devices. In order to demonstrate the potentialities for bioanalytical applications, we used our SERS active gold surface to detect the oxidation product of apomorphine, a well-known drug molecule used in Parkinson’s disease which has been demonstrated being difficult to study by traditional HPLC based approaches.

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Carlo F. Morasso, Dora Mehn, Silvia Picciolini, Renzo Vanna, Marzia Bedoni, Furio Gramatica, Paola Pellacani, Ana Frangolho, Gerardo Marchesini, and Andrea Valsesia "Plasmonic crystal based solid substrate for biomedical application of SERS", Proc. SPIE 8954, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications XI, 895406 (20 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037780

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