Graphene laminated gold bipyramids as sensitive detection platforms for antibiotic molecules.
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SUBMITTER: Lee S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4605881 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Graphene laminated gold bipyramids as sensitive detection platforms for antibiotic molecules.
Lee Seunghyun S Kumar Prashant P Hu Yaowu Y Cheng Gary J GJ Irudayaraj Joseph J
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20151101 85
Atomic layers of graphene were optomechanically laminated onto gold bipyramids (length of ∼95 ± 3 nm and sharp tip radius less than 10 nm) using laser induced shock pressure. The fabricated graphene-gold bipyramid hybrids were employed as surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active substrates for the detection of tetracycline, an antibiotic, at very low concentrations. ...[more]
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