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Place & Play SERS: sample collection and preparation-free surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Analytical Methods 2023 17 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 45 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Yasutaka Kitahama, Pablo Martínez Pancorbo, Hiroki Segawa, Machiko Marumi, Ting‐Hui Xiao, K. Hiramatsu, William Yang, Keisuke Goda

Summary

A flexible, adhesive gold-polyvinyl alcohol nanomesh substrate was developed for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), enabling spectra acquisition by simply pressing the substrate onto a sample without any preparation steps. The approach simplifies SERS-based detection of surface contaminants including microplastics.

We have fabricated a flexible, adhesive gold/polyvinylalcohol nanomesh substrate for use in SERS. This substrate allows for the acquisition of SERS spectra through the simple application of the gold nanomesh onto samples.

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