Wearable SERS Sensor Based on Omnidirectional Plasmonic Nanovoids Array with Ultra‐High Sensitivity and Stability

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Abstract

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a promising technology for wearable sensors due to its fingerprint spectrum and high detection sensitivity. However, since SERS-activity is sensitive to both the distribution of "hotspots" and excitation angle, it is profoundly challenging to develop a wearable SERS sensor with high stability under various deformations during movements. Herein, inspired by omnidirectional light-harvesting of the compound eye of Xenos Peckii, a wearable SERS sensor is developed using omnidirectional plasmonic nanovoids array (OPNA), which is prepared by assembling a monolayer of metal nanoparticles into the artificial plasmonic compound-eye (APC). Specifically, APC is an interconnected frame containing omnidirectional "pockets" and acts as an "armour", not only rendering a broadband and omnidirectional enhancement of "hotspots" in the delicate nanoparticles array, but also maintaining an integrity of the "hotspots" against external mechanical deformations. Furthermore, an asymmetry super-hydrophilic pattern is fabricated on the surface of OPNA, endowing the hydrophobic OPNA with the ability to spontaneously extract and concentrate the analytes from sweat. Such an armored SERS sensor can enable the wearable and in situ analysis with high sensitivity and stability, exhibiting great potential in point-of-care analysis.

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