Chemical enhancement in surface enhanced raman scattering using lithium salts
US7019828B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB82Y10/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the intensity of the signals from surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy may be increased by using lithium chloride as an enhancer to activate a metallic structure used for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. The increased signal intensity may allow surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy to be utilized to detect individual analytes such as nucleotides, for example in DNA sequencing without requiring a dye or radioactive label.
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