The interfacing structural effect of Ag/graphene oxide nanohybrid films on surface enhanced Raman scattering

Young Kwan Kim, Gyeongsik Ok, Sung Wook Choi, Hongje Jang, Dal Hee Min

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Abstract

The interfacing structural effect of Ag/graphene oxide (GO) nanohybrid films on SERS was investigated by using Ag nanostructures immobilized on polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAA) functionalized-GO and reduced GO (RGO) films. We found that the electron transfer from Ag nanostructures to GO derivatives dominantly occurred at the interfaces between Ag nanostructures and the sp2 carbon domains of GO and RGO films. By utilizing 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP) as a Raman probe, it was revealed that this electron transfer process augmented the enhancement factor (EF) of 4-ATP up to ∼1.8 fold on Ag/PAA-RGO nanohybrid films compared to Ag/PAA-GO nanohybrid films with the increasing interfacing area between Ag nanostructures and the sp2 carbon domains of GO derivatives through wet-chemical processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5872-5878
Number of pages7
JournalNanoscale
Volume9
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 May 2017

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