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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been widely investigated and employed as a powerful optical analytical technique providing fingerprint vibrational information of molecules with high sensitivity and resolution. In addition to metallic nanostructure, dielectric micro-/nano-structures with extraordinary optical manipulation properties have demonstrated capability in enhanced Raman scattering with ultralow energy losses. Here we report a facile cascaded structure composed of a large microsphere (LMS) and a small microsphere array with Ag nanoparticles as a novel hybrid SERS substrate, for the first time. The cascaded microsphere-coupled SERS substrate provides a platform to increase the molecular concentration, boost the intensity of localized excitation light, and direct the far-field emission, for giant Raman enhancement. It demonstrates the maximum enhancement factor of Raman intensity greater than 10(8) for the limit of detection down to 10(-11) M of 4-nitrothiphenol molecules in aqueous solution. The present work inspires a novel strategy to fabricate cascaded dielectric/metallic micro-/nano-structures superior to traditional SERS substrates towards practical applications in cost-effective and ultrahigh-sensitive trace-detection.
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NANOPHOTONICS
ISSN: 2192-8606
Year: 2022
Issue: 3
Volume: 11
Page: 559-570
7 . 5
JCR@2022
7 . 5 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: PHYSICS;
ESI HC Threshold:41
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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WoS CC Cited Count: 17
SCOPUS Cited Count: 16
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 5
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