US Patent Issued to Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science on April 8 for "Raman-active particle for surface-enhanced Raman scattering and method of producing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,762, issued on April 8, was assigned to Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Raman-active particle for surface-enhanced Raman scattering and method of producing the same" was invented by Eun-Ah You (Daejeon, South Korea), Wansun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Geol Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a Raman-active particle which is a Raman-active particle for surface-enhanced Raman analysis, the particle including: a spherical plasmonic metal core; a plasmonic metal shell having surface unevenness; and a self-assembled monolayer which is bonded to each of the ...