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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Min HU, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Josef Stuke, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhiyong LI, Redwood City, CA (US);
Wei Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Fung Suong Ou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shih-yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lars Helge Thylen, Huddinge, SE;
Min Hu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Josef Stuke, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhiyong Li, Redwood City, CA (US);
Wei Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Fung Suong Ou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shih-Yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lars Helge Thylen, Huddinge, SE;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for performing surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) includes a substrate and a plurality of nano-pillars, each of the plurality of nano-pillars having a first end attached to the substrate, a second end located distally from the substrate, and a body portion extending between the first end and the second end, in which the plurality of nano-pillars are arranged in an array on the substrate, and in which each of the plurality of nano-pillars is formed of a polymer material that is functionalized to expand in the presence of a fluid to cause gaps between the plurality of nano-pillars to shrink when the fluid is supplied onto the nano-pillars.