Chemistry Letters, Vol.38, No.1, 54-55, 2009
Time-resolved Surface-enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering Spectra of Thiacyanine Molecules in Water
We observed change of surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) spectra of thiacyanine molecules adsorbed on a single Ag nano-aggregate. In water, the SERRS spectrum with background emission changes to temporally-fluctuated spectra without background emission. It seems that the change coincides with dissolution of thiacyanine J-aggregate into the monomers or the dimers.