Simple, repeatable and low-cost SERS fibre probe for fluorochrome detection

Meijing Xia; Hao Guo; Jun Tang; Chunming Li; Rui Zhao; Lei Wang; Wenyao Liu; Jiangtao Yang; Jun Liu

Simple, repeatable and low-cost SERS fibre probe for fluorochrome detection

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Author(s): Meijing Xia^{1, 2} ; Hao Guo^{1, 2} ; Jun Tang^{1, 2} ; Chunming Li^{1, 2} ; Rui Zhao^{1, 2} ; Lei Wang^{1, 2} ; Wenyao Liu^{1, 2} ; Jiangtao Yang^{1, 2} ; Jun Liu^{1, 2}
- Affiliations: 1: Science and Technology on Electronic Test & Measurement Laboratory , North University of China , Taiyuan 030051 , Shanxi , People's Republic of China ;
  2: School of Instrument and Electronics , North University of China , Taiyuan 030051 , Shanxi , People's Republic of China
Source: Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2018, p. 714 – 719
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2017.0740 , Online ISSN 1750-0443

Received 13/10/2017, Accepted 02/02/2018, Revised 27/01/2018, Published 01/05/2018

A method for developing the spherical surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) fibre probe is presented cladded with the silver nanoparticles to detect the fluorochrome molecular. By controlling the diameter of the fibre ball, the excellent SERS enhancement effect has been achieved up to about 10⁵ due to the plasmonic silver nanoparticles, the coated parylene-C dielectric layer and the low-energy loss in the spherical resonant cavity. Meanwhile, the repeatability and stability of the fibre probe have been explored by coating the parylene-C with the error of 1%. It has proved an important superiority for potential commercial applications of this technique to detect the bio-molecular with the advantages of high sensitivity, high stability and low cost.

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