Niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate

Nanomaterials: A semiconductor with an enhanced signature A semiconductor that makes recognizing molecules easier is identified by researchers in China. Yong Yang and co-workers from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics show that niobium pentoxide can strongly enhance the optical signature of the colo...

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Autores principales:	Yufeng Shan, Zhihui Zheng, Jianjun Liu, Yong Yang, Zhiyuan Li, Zhengren Huang, Dongliang Jiang
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:	Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials TA401-492 Computer software QA76.75-76.765
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:abf4376c42eb4db19836a36bb574328e2021-12-02T12:30:32ZNiobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate10.1038/s41524-017-0008-02057-3960https://doaj.org/article/abf4376c42eb4db19836a36bb574328e2017-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-017-0008-0https://doaj.org/toc/2057-3960Nanomaterials: A semiconductor with an enhanced signature A semiconductor that makes recognizing molecules easier is identified by researchers in China. Yong Yang and co-workers from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics show that niobium pentoxide can strongly enhance the optical signature of the colored dyes used in biomedical applications. Nanometer-sized features on a rough surface can increase optical fields. This phenomenon can enhance the optical signature used to identify a specific molecule in a technique called surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). But only a few materials, notably noble metals such as gold and silver, have demonstrated useful levels of enhancement. Yang et al. find that niobium pentoxide nanoparticles can be used as a most-active SERS semiconductor substrate to detect the dyes methylene blue, methyl violet and methyl blue. They measured a SERS enhancement factor of over ten million using 633 and 780 nano meter light to detect methylene blue.Yufeng ShanZhihui ZhengJianjun LiuYong YangZhiyuan LiZhengren HuangDongliang JiangNature PortfolioarticleMaterials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materialsTA401-492Computer softwareQA76.75-76.765ENnpj Computational Materials, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials TA401-492 Computer software QA76.75-76.765 Yufeng Shan Zhihui Zheng Jianjun Liu Yong Yang Zhiyuan Li Zhengren Huang Dongliang Jiang Niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate
description	Nanomaterials: A semiconductor with an enhanced signature A semiconductor that makes recognizing molecules easier is identified by researchers in China. Yong Yang and co-workers from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics show that niobium pentoxide can strongly enhance the optical signature of the colored dyes used in biomedical applications. Nanometer-sized features on a rough surface can increase optical fields. This phenomenon can enhance the optical signature used to identify a specific molecule in a technique called surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). But only a few materials, notably noble metals such as gold and silver, have demonstrated useful levels of enhancement. Yang et al. find that niobium pentoxide nanoparticles can be used as a most-active SERS semiconductor substrate to detect the dyes methylene blue, methyl violet and methyl blue. They measured a SERS enhancement factor of over ten million using 633 and 780 nano meter light to detect methylene blue.
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author	Yufeng Shan Zhihui Zheng Jianjun Liu Yong Yang Zhiyuan Li Zhengren Huang Dongliang Jiang
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author_sort	Yufeng Shan
title	Niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate
title_short	Niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate
title_full	Niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate
title_fullStr	Niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate
title_full_unstemmed	Niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate
title_sort	niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced raman scattering active semiconductor substrate
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/abf4376c42eb4db19836a36bb574328e
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Niobium pentoxide: a promising surface-enhanced Raman scattering active semiconductor substrate

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