Development of sers substrates based on nanoparticles obtained by pulsed laser ablation

SERS spectroscopy is an effective method for the determination of organic and biological compounds, which finds its place in many areas of human life: the analysis of works of art and food 24 YOUNG SCIENTISTS SESSION SESSION Y products, the identification of drugs and drugs, the study of biological structures, incl. at the cellular level. The creation of simple and effective SERS substrates is an urgent task in the development of this method. This paper presents the results of a study of SERS substrates based on gold nanoparticles (NPs). Gold NPs were obtained by pulsed laser ablation of an Au metal target in alcohol using a Nd:YAG laser (1064 nm, 7 ns, 150 mJ). The resulting colloidal solution was applied onto glass substrates by the drop method, varying the number of layers. The SERS characteristics were studied using a model dye rhodamine 6G using Renishaw inVia Basis Raman microscope. The samples were excited in the region of surface plasmon resonance of gold by laser radiation of 532 nm. The results of the study showed that with an increase in the number of deposited layers up to 5, the intensity of the Raman scattering of the dye increases linearly. With a further increase in the number of layers, the signal saturates. This data correlates with SEM data. At the beginning, an increase in the packing density of NPs in the plane of the substrate is observed. Accordingly, the number of "hot spots" increases, which contribute to the amplification of the signal. Further, the homogeneity of the NP layer deteriorates, and large bulk agglomerates appear. Thus, we have developed a simple method for obtaining SERS substrates, which made it possible to increase the signal intensity up to three orders of magnitude

Strain state and microstructure evolution of AISI-316 austenitic stainless steel during high-pressure torsion (HPT) process in the new stamp design

The investigation of strain state and microstructure evolution of AISI-316 austenitic stainless steel during highpressure torsion process in the new stamp design was performed. The study using Deform-3D program was conducted. The deformation was carried out at ambient temperature. The results of strain state study showed that after 4 passes the processed workpiece is obtained the level of equivalent strain more than 5. But the distribution of strain has a gradient view in the cross section. The simulation results of the microstructure evolution showed that after 4 passes of deformation the initial grain size of 12 μm can be reduced up to 0,8 μm. But the distribution of grain size in the cross section also has a non - uniform gradient view

Recycling of stainless steel bar scrap by radial-shear rolling to obtain a gradient ultrafine-grained structure

The paper presents the results of the conducted experiments confirmed not only the possibility of processing bar scrap from stainless metals to produce a marketable product, but also confirmed the possibility of obtaining highquality bars with a gradient fine-grained structure and an increased level of mechanical properties. In the course of the research conducted on deformed bar scrap in the form of pins from 12X18N9T austenitic stainless steel at the radial-shear rolling mill the microstructure of two different types was obtained: on the periphery - equiaxed ultrafine- grained structure with a grain size of 0,4 – 0,6 μm; in the axial zone - oriented striped texture. This discrepancy in the structure of the peripheral and axial zones, together with the results of microhardness measuring across the cross section of samples with a total degree of deformation of 44,4 %, indicates the gradient nature of the formed microstructure

Investigation of the effect of combined thermomechanical processing on the brass microstructure evolution and the microhardness change

The article investigates the effect of combined thermomechanical processing, including pre-heat treatment and radial-shear rolling on the brass microstructure evolution and the microhardness change. The microstructure analysis of heat-treated samples according to various modes showed that the most optimal heat treatment before radialshear rolling for L63 brass is annealing at a temperature of 500 °C. As a result of combined thermomechanical processing, a gradient structure was obtained, so in the resulting rods with a diameter of 16 mm in the surface layer, a structure with an average grain size of 9 μm was obtained. In rods with a diameter of 12 mm, a fine–grained, equalgrained structure of 3 μm was obtained in the surface layer