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A Two-Layer Gold Surface with Improved Surface Enhancement for Spectro-Electrochemistry Using Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
Volume 63, Number 9 (Sept. 2009) Page 1068-1074
Nowak, C.; Luening, C.; Knoll, W.; Naumann, R.L.C.
A two-layer gold surface is developed for use with surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) consisting of a conducting underlayer onto which Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) are grown by self-catalyzed electroless deposition. AuNPs are grown on protruding substructures of the 25 nm thin underlayer. The enhancement factor of the two-layer gold surface is controlled by the growth conditions. Cytochrome c adsorbed to a self-assembled monolayer of mercaptoethanol is used as a reference system. Under optimum conditions the absorbance of the amide I band is increased by a factor of 5 versus the classical SEIRAS surface. Reversible reduction/oxidation of cytochrome c on the two-layer gold surface is shown to take place by cyclic voltammetry.