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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Alexandru S. Biris, Little Rock, AR (US);
Abhijit Biswas, Norman, OK (US);
Ilker S. Bayer, Champaign, IL (US);
Lloyd A. Bumm, Norman, OK (US);
Alexandru S. Biris, Little Rock, AR (US);
Abhijit Biswas, Norman, OK (US);
Ilker S. Bayer, Champaign, IL (US);
Lloyd A. Bumm, Norman, OK (US);
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Abstract
A method of fabricating a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of simultaneously evaporating a metal at a first evaporation rate and a polymer at a second evaporation rate different from the first evaporation rate, to form a nanocomposite of the metal and the polymer, depositing the nanocomposite onto a substrate, and applying an etching process to the deposited nanocomposite on the substrate to remove the polymer material, thereby forming an SERS substrate.