Al alloy as a solid support of concave gold nanocubes as an efficient SERS substrate.
Concave gold nanocubes act as efficient nanoantennas.
Aluminum alloys does not exhibit fluorescence or Raman signal such as glass, paper or plastic.
Nanometric roughness of Al alloy was controlled by means of electropolishing procedure.
Hydrothermal treatment of Al allows the formation of pseudoboehmite (γ-AlO(OH).