Analytical Sciences


Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 31(7), 577 (2015).

Optical Evaluation of the Surface Coverage of Silver Nanoparticle-coated Plastic Microbeads
Hiroshi SHIIGI,* Shohei KIMURA,* Takahiro FUJITA,* and Tsutomu NAGAOKA*
*Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2 Gakuen, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan
A simple evaluation method has been developed for a metal thin layer on a sphere-like plastic microstructure, based on its light-scattering property since, according to our results, the light-scattering intensity of silver-coated microbeads depends significantly on the silver coverage. Our attempt was carried out by using a dark-field microscopy coupled with a spectrometer.