Abstract:
A SERS unit 1A comprises a SERS element 2 having a substrate and an optical function part 20 formed on the substrate, the optical function part 20 for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering; a measurement board 3 supporting the SERS element 2 upon measurement; and a holding part 4 mechanically holding the SERS element 2 in the measurement board 3.
Abstract:
A SERS element 3 comprises a substrate 4; a fine structure part 7 formed on a front face 4a of the substrate 4 and having a plurality of pillars 11; and a conductor layer 6 formed on the fine structure part 7 and constituting an optical function part 10 for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering. The conductor layer 6 has a base part formed along the front face 4a of the substrate 4 and a plurality of protrusions protruding from the base part at respective positions corresponding to the pillars 11. The base part and the protrusions form a plurality of gaps G in the conductor layer 6, each of the gaps G having an interstice gradually decreasing in a direction perpendicular to the projecting direction of the pillar 11.
Abstract:
A SERS unit 1A comprises a SERS element 2 having a substrate 21 and an optical function part 20 formed on the substrate 21, the optical function part 20 for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering; a transportation board 3 supporting the SERS element 2 during transportation, the SERS element 2 being removed from the transportation board 3 upon measurement; and a holding part 4 having a pinching part 41 pinching the SERS element 2 in cooperation with the transportation board 3, and detachably holding the SERS element 2 in the transportation board 3.
Abstract:
A SERS element 2 comprises a substrate 21 having a front face 21 a; a fine structure part 24 formed on the front face 21a and having a plurality of pillars 27; and a conductor layer 23 formed on the fine structure part 24 and constituting an optical function part 20 for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering. The conductor layer 23 has a base part 28 formed along the front face 21 a and a plurality of protrusions 29 protruding from the base part 28 at respective positions corresponding to the pillars 27. The base part 28 has a thickness greater than the height of the pillars 27.
Abstract:
A method for making a surface enhanced Raman scattering element in accordance with one aspect of the present invention comprises a first step of forming a nanoimprint layer on a main surface of a wafer including a plurality of portions each corresponding to a substrate; a second step of transferring, by using a mold having a pattern corresponding to a fine structural part, the pattern to the nanoimprint layer after the first step, and thereby forming the molded layer including the fine structural part for each portion corresponding to the substrate; a third step of forming a conductor layer on the fine structural part after the second step; and a fourth step of cutting the wafer into each portion corresponding to the substrate after the second step.
Abstract:
A surface-enhanced Raman scattering unit comprises a measurement board used upon measurement; a surface-enhanced Raman scattering element, secured to the measurement board, having a substrate and an optical function part, formed on the substrate, for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering; and a pressing member, secured to the measurement board, having a ring-shaped contact part contacting a peripheral part of the surface-enhanced Raman scattering element and pressing the surface-enhanced Raman scattering element toward the measurement board.