The project scope is to develop 3D multilayered hybrid architectures on silicon substrate, which enables ‘on site’ detection of nanoscale plastic particles. The resulted micro-nanotechnologies will allow the progress towards a handheld portable device regularly used for food safety, health and environmental monitoring.

The specific objectives are:
SO1. Design and implement new concepts of highly active plasmonic substrates for portable Raman/FTIR analytical tools;
SO2. Development, fabrication and characterization of a multilevel hybrid 3D nanoarchitectures;
SO3. Functionality investigation of the proposed SERS /SEIRS detection platforms towards nanoplastic particles;

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G. Xu, H. Cheng, R. Jones, Y. Feng, K. Gong, K. Li, X.g Fang, M. Ali Tahir, V. Kolev Valev, L. Zhang, Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Facilitates the Detection of Microplastics <1 μm in the Environment, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54, 24, 15594–15603. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02317