Flexible SERS substrates were obtained by the photo-activated synthesis of silver nanoparticles in a thin (10–170 nm) layer of poly(acrylic acid) chemically grafted to the surface of a polypropylene fi lm. The plasmonic absorption and the SERS activity of the substrates were studied as a function of the thickness of the grafted layer for a fixed time of nanoparticle synthesis. The results indicate dense three-dimensional packing of plasmonic nanoparticles in the grafted polymer layer. The substrates have a storage-stable and surface-uniform SERS activity.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 87, No. 2, pp. 233–239, March–April, 2020.
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Gorbachev, A.A., Khodasevich, I.A. & Tretinnikov, O.N. Flexible Sers-Active Substrates Based on Silver Nanoparticles Grown in Poly(Acrylic Acid) Grafted to a Polypropylene Film. J Appl Spectrosc 87, 249–255 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-020-00992-6
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