Instantaneous preparation of gold-carbon dot nanocomposites for on-site SERS identification of pathogens in diverse interfaces

Yanxian Guo; Ye Liu; Chaocai Luo; Yue Zhang; Yang Li; Fei Zhou; Zhouyi Guo; Zhengfei Zhuang; Zhiming Liu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.522216

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 6, 1303(2024)

Instantaneous preparation of gold-carbon dot nanocomposites for on-site SERS identification of pathogens in diverse interfaces

Yanxian Guo^1,2, Ye Liu^1,4, Chaocai Luo³, Yue Zhang³, Yang Li³, Fei Zhou¹, Zhouyi Guo³, Zhengfei Zhuang³, and Zhiming Liu^3、*

Author Affiliations

¹School of Electronic Engineering and Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China

²Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

³MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

⁴e-mail: liuye@dgut.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Spectroscopy

Received: Feb. 26, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 15, 2024

Published Online: May. 30, 2024

The Author Email: Zhiming Liu (liuzm021@126.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.522216

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.522216

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