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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Hong Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xindi Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Xun Guo, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
OptoTrace Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/44 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a SERS sensing surface device comprising a substrate supporting a plurality of nano structures, an exposed sensing surface upon the nano structures, wherein said surface includes at least one active SERS nano surface and at least one inactive SERS nano surface established in proximity to the active SERS nano. Also disclosed are methods for forming the array device, systems based on the array device, as well as methods for performing SERS with the array device.