Designing nanostructured substrates for SERS detection of hemoglobin disorders and cannabinoids

Fabrication of varied morphologies of plasmonic nanostructures using physical deposition techniques including Pulsed Laser Ablation (PLA) and spin-coating of colloidal NPs.
Designing a highly sensitive SERS device for detection of hemoglobin.
Different concentrations of various cannabinoids will be detected by SERS.

Augmenting capabilities of Raman and IR spectroscopy for making the technique user-friendly

Creating a database for a range of molecules and materials spectra, in order to train and validate Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)-based models.
Raman and IR spectra analysis for all different compounds such as CBs and hemoglobin species used in the other project.
Collecting information that is essential to developing a robust and reliable protocol for chemical extraction and synthesis.