Nanoscale, volume 17, issue 1, pages 508-519

An advanced plasmonic bimetallic nanostar composite for ultra-sensitive SERS detection of crystal violet

Sintayehu Leshe Kitaw ^{1, 2}

Yohannis Wondosen Ahmed ¹

Andy Candra ¹

Tsung-Yun Wu ¹

Beyadgalem Endawoke Anley ¹

Ying-Yu Chen ¹

Yu-Ting Cheng ¹

Kuan-Ju Chen ¹

Chayaporn Thammaniphit ¹

Chen Chu Hsu ¹

Yi Ting Wu ¹

Mahvash Hira Khan ¹

Hsieh Chih Tsai ^{1, 3, 4}

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Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan, Republic of China |

Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debremarkos University, Ethiopia

Advanced Membrane Materials Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan, Republic of China |

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R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taoyuan, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2025-01-01

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Journal: Nanoscale

scimago Q1

SJR: 1.416

CiteScore: 12.1

Impact factor: 5.8

ISSN: 20403364, 20403372

DOI: 10.1039/d4nr03299c

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PubMed ID: 39569603

Abstract

This study presents the synthesis and characterization of Ag/Au nanostar alloys. A 75:25 Ag/Au nanostar alloy achieved the highest SERS sensitivity for rhodamine 6G detection, emphasizing its potential for sensing applications.