Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of single-walled carbon nanotubes on silver-coated and gold-coated filter paper.

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) on metal-coated filter paper are reported for the first time. Experimental results show that the metal-coated filter paper is very effective and active. The SERS spectrum not only shows that all Raman bands of SWCNTs in normal Raman scattering have been generally enhanced, but also shows many new bands, which characterize the structure of SWCNTs and the interaction between SWCNTs and silver/gold nanoparticles, arising from symmetry lowering and selection rule relaxing of SWCNTs induced by the silver/gold surface. In our case, it is difficult to separate the contributions of the electromagnetic and chemical mechanisms to the great enhancement of the Raman signal. The analysis shows that the SERS spectra of SWCNTs on the metal-coated filter paper provide convenience for probing the sample molecules with fine structures related to defects of SWCNTs, the diameter of SWCNTs, and the SERS mechanism of SWCNTs deposited on metal-coated filter paper. Moreover, this can be used as a probe technique for monitoring the synthesis quality of SWCNTs with significant higher sensitivity than other methods, which has promise of being a new technique for monitoring synthesis quality of SWCNTs.

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