Surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate based on cysteamine-modified gold nanoparticle aggregation for highly sensitive pentachlorophenol detection

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (88) ◽  
pp. 85285-85292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Ma ◽  
Hongyan Zhang ◽  
Weimin Liu ◽  
Jiechao Ge ◽  
Jiasheng Wu ◽  
...  

A new surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate based on cysteamine-modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on the glass surface has been developed for the monitoring of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in water samples.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1135-1142
Author(s):  
Tiancheng Gong ◽  
Yunfei Luo ◽  
Haibin Zhang ◽  
Chengwei Zhao ◽  
Weisheng Yue ◽  
...  

A 3D SERS substrate with a hybrid structure of octahedral AuNCs and AgNHs exhibits high enhancement and reproducibility.


RSC Advances ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 331-337
Author(s):  
Rajeev K. Sinha

In the present work, we report the fabrication of a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate on a simple and easily fabricable hydrophobic surface.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2114 (1) ◽  
pp. 012094
Author(s):  
Ansam F Jaleel ◽  
Ahmed S Wasfi

Abstract This study aims to improve the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) using gold nanoparticles prepared by the wire explosion technique and deposited on an etched silicon substrate. This spectral technique is highly dependent upon physicochemical properties of the substrate material, to detect very low concentrations of the toxic materials. The morphological and structural features of the prepared gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been investigated by the field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The FE-SEM images illustrated that the deposited AuNPs have a non-uniform spherical shape with a rough surface and there were nanogaps between them acting as hotspots at the surface. While the X-ray diffraction pattern indicated the existence of the (111) plane which confirmed the crystalline nature of the AuNPs. Rh6G dye was used as a probe material to examine the performance of these nanoparticles as a SERS substrate. The Raman scattering spectrum of the rhodamine RH6G dye enhanced greatly due to the existence of these nanoparticles, where the enhancement factor (EF) was 2.23×106 when using a deposited AuNPs of concentration 13.46 ppm which is equal to 3×10-5 M, and a reasonable detection limit for a low dye concentration of 10-14M.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Chen Lee ◽  
Chih-Wei Chiu

We synthesize a high-efficiency substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurements, which is composed of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on two-dimensional silicate nanoplatelets acting as an inorganic stabilizer, via the in-situ reduction of hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (III) by sodium citrate in an aqueous solution. Silicate platelets of ~1-nm thickness and various sizes, viz. laponite (50 nm), sodium montmorillonite (Na+–MMT, 100 nm), and mica (500 nm), are used to stabilize the AuNPs (Au@silicate), which are formed with uniform diameters ranging between 25 and 30 nm as confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In particular, the laponite SERS substrate can be used in biological, environmental, and food safety applications to measure small molecules such as DNA (adenine molecule), dye (Direct Blue), and herbicide (paraquat) as it shows high detection sensitivity with a detection limit of 10−9 M for adenine detection. These highly sensitive SERS substrates, with their three-dimensional hot-junctions formed with AuNPs and two-dimensional silicate nanoplatelets, allow the highly efficient detection of organic molecules. Therefore, these Au@silicate nanohybrid substrates have great potential in biosensor technology because of their environmentally-friendly and simple fabrication process, high efficiency, and the possibility of rapid detection.


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