Near-Infrared Light Absorbing Silver-Coated Hollow Gold Nanostars for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection of Bovine Serum Albumin Using Capping Ligand Exchange

Author(s):  
Melissa Guarino-Hotz ◽  
A’Lester C. Allen ◽  
Ankai Wang ◽  
Shengli Zou ◽  
Jin Z. Zhang
2011 ◽  
Vol 688 ◽  
pp. 162-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Hui Zhang ◽  
Xiao Heng Liu ◽  
Xin Wang

Protein stabilized, water soluble silver nanoparticles are essential for biomedicine and biotechnology. The abundant protein such as gelatin and bovine serum albumin (BSA) has a remarkable ability of binding and transporting materials across cell membrane that makes it ideal for drug delivery and very useful for pharmaceutical industry. In this article, silver nanoprisms were synthesized by reacting an aqueous solution of silver nitrate with proteins such as gelatin and bovine serum albumin at different conditions, where proteins provided the dual function of Ag (I) reduction and Ag(0) prism-like structures formation. The solution exhibited an excellent colloidal stability by the visible observation. UV-vis spectra and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), revealed the formation of well-dispersed Ag nanoprisms with different sizes. Furthermore, the fluorescence intensity of proteins was drastically quenched in presence of Ag nanoprisms from the results of fluorescence spectra. The surface enhanced Raman scattering spectrum of anisotropic silver nanoprisms was also presented.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengshan Fan ◽  
Jiameng Lv ◽  
Hai Jun Xu ◽  
Jiahao Bai ◽  
Longtao Ren ◽  
...  

Accurate detection of mercury ions (Hg2+) in water is of great importance for environmental protection. Here, a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensor using bovine-serum-albumin-modified gold-silicon nanowire arrays (Au@SiNWAs) is used...


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 157-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Xiaodan ◽  
Zheng Dawei ◽  
Zhang Ping ◽  
Lin Taifeng ◽  
Wang Huiqin ◽  
...  

Background: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has become a useful spectroscopic tool for studying biomolecule structures. The main types of plasmonic substrates used in biological systems are Au nanoparticles (AuNPs), whose surface plasmon resonance depends on the nanoparticle size, morphology, particle interspace, and so on. Methods: In this study, AuNP colloids with different sizes were synthesized and used as the sensors to probe SERS signals of different biomarkers and biomolecules. Results: The results showed that an AuNP colloid of ~50 nm had excellent SERS effects in probing various molecules, and could be preserved for about 3 months with excellent repeatability and reproducibility (RSD <5%) in terms of the probed signal intensity (rhodamine 6G and crystal violet). Meanwhile, the fabricated AuNPs were applied to study the SERS signals and structural information of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in aqueous solution. It was found that SERS could rapidly provide the structural information and vibration characteristics of BSA. Conclusion: It was concluded that biocompatible AuNP colloid may be a promising biosensor in the rapid and label-free detection of biological systems.


1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 2682-2694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateřina Čermáková ◽  
Ondřej Šesták ◽  
Pavel Matějka ◽  
Vladimír Baumruk ◽  
Blanka Vlčková

Formation of Ag colloid/adsorbate SERS-active systems (upon adsorption of the selected adsorbates on the surface of Ag colloidal particles) as a function of (i) NaBH4 to AgNO3 molar ratio in the preparation protocol of Ag colloid, and (ii) aging of the colloid has been investigated by Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. Oligomeric synthetic polypeptides, bovine serum albumin, phosphate coadsorbed with CuTMePyP [copper(II) derivative of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin chloride] and borates in systems with N-containing bases were selected as model adsorbates. Both (i) a decrease of NaBH4 to AgNO3 molar ratio upon preparation and (ii) aging of Ag colloid affect adsorption of the adsorbates and consequently, their SERS spectra, in the same manner. Aging of Ag colloid is thus viewed as a slow hydrolysis of BH4- anions. The actual concentration of BH4- in the system is identified as the most important factor controlling adsorption of all the selected adsorbates on the surface of Ag colloid. As this factor can be related to the surface potential, the conditions controlling adsorption of the selected adsorbates are specified in terms of a more negative and/or more positive surface potential of Ag colloidal particles. A more positive surface potential promotes adsorption of polypeptides, bovine serum albumin and phosphate while observation of spectral features of borates in the SERS spectra of N-containing bases in alkaline solutions is conditioned by a more negative surface potential.


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