NSF-RUI: Core-Shell Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy

化学部的分析和表面化学（ASC）计划将支持西华盛顿大学的Steven Emory教授的研究计划，该大学主要是本科研究机构（RUI）。 Emory教授和他的学生将开发和表征一类新的核壳纳米粒子，并将其用作表面增强拉曼散射（Sers）光谱分析应用的基底。 这项工作将利用纳米颗粒合成方法和Sers光谱学的最新发展。该项目开发的知识和工具将促进Sers现象的分析实用性和基本理解，并可能导致新一代生物传感器的开发。 该研究将为本科生，研究生和博士后研究人员提供极好的培训机会，他们希望在化学和生物学之间的研究领域进行培训。

The Analytical and Surface Chemistry (ASC) program of the Division of Chemistry will support the research program of Prof. Steven Emory of Western Washington University, a primarily undergraduate research institution (RUI). Prof. Emory and his students will develop and characterize a new class of core-shell nanoparticles and use them as substrates for analytical applications of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. This work will capitalize on recent developments in nanoparticle synthetic methods and SERS spectroscopy. The knowledge and tools developed in this project will advance the analytical utility and fundamental understanding of the SERS phenomenon and could potentially lead to the development of a new generation of biosensors. The study will provide excellent training opportunities to undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who wish to train in a research field interfacing between chemistry and biology.