Attomolar sensing: Fabrication of surface-enhanced raman scattering substrate

(Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS) Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) permits multidisciplinary trace analyses and the potential detection of single molecules. Shi Bai and Koji Sugioka from RIKEN report a comprehensive review of recent progress in strategies for the fabrication of highly sensitive SERS substrates. Femtosecond laser-based techniques are discussed as a versatile tool for the fabrication of SERS substrates. Several approa...