File Name : figure s1.png Caption : figure s1. schematic energy band diagram of zno-ag interface of charge transfer from ec of zno to ef under 305 nm laser excitation, causing fluorescence quenching of zno File Name : figure s2.png Caption : figure s2: the frontier molecular orbitals (highest occupied molecular orbital (homo) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (lumo)) of two trans and cis isomers of mr molecule File Name : figure s3.png Caption : figure s3: (a) the optimized molecular structure of the cis isomer; (b) normalized raman spectra of methyl red in comparison between theoretical calculation study for neutral cis- and trans isomers File Name : figure s4.png Caption : figure s4: absorption spectra of mr in ethanol under different ph. the spectrum at ph 5.5 was obtained without needing any ph adjustment File Name : figure s5.png Caption : figure s5. fluorescence spectrum of mr under excitation wavelength at 500 nm File Name : figure s6.png Caption : figure s6: raman spectra of mr (10-2 m¬) under two different lasers excitation 532 nm and 785 nm File Name : figure s7.png Caption : figure s7: sers spectra of mr adsorbed on zno surface (a) in comparison with zno/ag surface; and (b) under different excitation wavelengths