Effect of the Duty Cycle of Flower-like Silver Nanostructures Fabricated with a Lyotropic Liquid Crystal on the SERS Spectrum
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Fabrication of Flower-like Silver Nanostructures
2.3. Characterization
2.4. SERS Enhancement Factor Calculation
2.5. Test and Computation of the Duty Cycle
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Characterization of Flower-like Silver Nanostructures
3.2. Enhancement Factor of SERS Substrate
3.3. Effect of Duty Cycle on Spectral Intensity
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Zhang, S.; Jiang, Z.; Liang, Y.; Shen, Y.; Mao, H.; Sun, H.; Zhao, X.; Li, X.; Hu, W.; Xu, G.; et al. Effect of the Duty Cycle of Flower-like Silver Nanostructures Fabricated with a Lyotropic Liquid Crystal on the SERS Spectrum. Molecules 2021, 26, 6522. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216522
Zhang S, Jiang Z, Liang Y, Shen Y, Mao H, Sun H, Zhao X, Li X, Hu W, Xu G, et al. Effect of the Duty Cycle of Flower-like Silver Nanostructures Fabricated with a Lyotropic Liquid Crystal on the SERS Spectrum. Molecules. 2021; 26(21):6522. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216522
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Shen, Zhihui Jiang, Yi** Liang, Yili Shen, Hongmin Mao, Huijuan Sun, ** Li, Wusheng Hu, Guoding Xu, and et al. 2021. "Effect of the Duty Cycle of Flower-like Silver Nanostructures Fabricated with a Lyotropic Liquid Crystal on the SERS Spectrum" Molecules 26, no. 21: 6522. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216522