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Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy from Colloids at High Pressures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
High pressure surface enhanced Raman (SERS) spectra are reported for a highly dense silver colloidal suspension, termed a MEtal Liquid-Like Film or MELLF. Comparison is made with the SERS spectrum of a dilute organosol. Raman signals due to adsorbed molecules and the solvent dichloromethane reveal appreciable frequency shifts as the colloidal environment is influenced by temperature, pressure, and packing. The C-Cl stretch of neat dichloromethane near 705 cm−1 shifts 1.7 cm −1 blue in a MELLF. Raman signals due to the adsorbed anisic acid in MELLFs blue shift about 2 cm −1 as 4 kilobars of pressure are applied; the solvent peaks shift blue only about 1 cm −1. Temperature influences the MELLF in two ways: desorption of anisic acid and formation of agglomerated particles.
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