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Silver nanoparticle-decorated graphene oxide for surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection and optical limiting applications

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Silver nanoparticle-decorated graphene oxide was prepared using a simple green chemical reduction method, and its performance being used for surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection and optical limiting was studied. TEM images, photoluminescence quenching effect and the characteristic absorption peaks of GO and silver nanoparticles confirm the successful preparation of GO–Ag nanocomposite. The Raman spectra results show that the vibration fingerprints of RhB and R6G moleculars are detected only on the GO–Ag substrate, revealing good potential of being used as surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate for detecting organic molecules. Additionally, nonlinear optical absorption of GO–Ag was measured using z-scan technique with a nanosecond laser operating at the wavelength of 532 nm. The z-scan results show that the transmittance of GO–Ag aqueous suspension has a large decline of 90%, and the nonlinear optical absorption onset input fluence of GO–Ag dispersed PVA film is as low as 1.3 J/cm2, indicating that GO–Ag is a good potential optical limiting material for the commonly used high-power 532 nm nanosecond pulsed laser.

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This research is supported by the One-Hundred Young Talents Program (Grant No. 220413145), Guangdong science and technology plan of China (Grant No. 2016A010101026), Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou (Grant No. 201710010143) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11674310).

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Tao, L., Lou, Y., Zhao, Y. et al. Silver nanoparticle-decorated graphene oxide for surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection and optical limiting applications. J Mater Sci 53, 573–580 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1501-z

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