02361nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245011400055210006900169260009900238300001200337490000600349520141000355653001901765653002301784653002001807653001201827653001801839100001501857700002201872700001401894700002201908700001901930700002201949856012401971       2015                        eng d  a1998-012400aSelf-assembled vertically aligned gold nanorod super-lattices for ultra-high sensitive detection of molecules0 aSelfassembled vertically aligned gold nanorod superlattices for   aTSINGHUA UNIV, RM A703, XUEYAN BLDG, BEIJING, 10084, PEOPLES R CHINAbTSINGHUA UNIV PRESScMAR  a907-9190 v83 a<p>We show that self-assembled vertically aligned gold nanorod (VA-GNRs) superlattices can serve as probes or substrates for ultra-high sensitive detection of various molecules. D-glucose and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) have been chosen as model systems due to their very low Raman cross-sections (5.6 x 10(-30) cm(2).molecule(-1).sr(-1) for D-glucose and 4.9 x 10(-31) cm(2). molecule(-1).sr(-1) for TNT) to show that the VA-GNR superlattice assembly offers as low as yoctomole sensitivity. Our experiment on mixed samples of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and D-glucose solutions demonstrate sensitivity for the latter, and the possible extension to real samples. Self-assembled superlattices of VA-GNRs were achieved on a silicon wafer by depositing a drop of solvent containing the GNRs and subsequent solvent evaporation in ambient conditions. An additional advantage of the VA-GNR monolayers is their extremely high reproducible morphology accompanied by ultrahigh sensitivity which will be useful in many fields where a very small amount of analyte is available. Moreover the assembly can be reused a number of times after removing the already present molecules. The method of obtaining VA-GNRs is simple, inexpensive and reproducible. With the help of simulations of monolayers and multilayers it has been shown that superlattices can achieve better sensitivity than monolayer assembly of VA-GNRs.</p>10aNanostructures10aRaman spectroscopy10aself-assemblies10asensors10asuperlattices1 aApte, Amey1 aBhaskar, Prashant1 aDas, Raja1 aChaturvedi, Smita1 aPoddar, Pankaj1 aKulkarni, Sulabha  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/self-assembled-vertically-aligned-gold-nanorod-super-lattices-ultra-high-sensitive-0