Highly efficient SERS test strips.

@article{Zhang2012HighlyES,
  title={Highly efficient SERS test strips.},
  author={Ran Zhang and Bin-Bin Xu and Xue‐Qing Liu and Yong‐Lai Zhang and Ying Xu and Qidai Chen and Hong‐Bo Sun},
  journal={Chemical communications},
  year={2012},
  volume={48 47},
  pages={
          5913-5
        }
}
We present a facile production approach to highly efficient SERS test strips by physical vapor deposition of silver on paper, which contains natural wrinkle and fibril structures. The SERS test strips open the door to highly sensitive (e.g., 10(-10) M) SERS detection in a convenient fashion. 
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