Study of detection of melamine via surface-enhanced raman scattering method based on silver nanoparticles

Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were synthesized and characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and absorption spectroscopy. Using Debye-Scherrer’s formula and the result of the XRD spectrum, the size of the Ag NPs was estimated at approximately 8 nm.