scholarly journals Bromide-Assisted Anisotropic Growth of Gold Nanoparticles as Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Kerr ◽  
Fei Yan
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Synthetic Methods ◽  
Au Nps ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

We report herein a one-step synthesis of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) of various shapes such as triangles, hexagons, and semispheres, using 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) as the reducing agent in the presence of potassium bromide (KBr). Anisotropic Au NPs have received ever-increasing attention in various areas of research due to their unique physical and chemical properties. Numerous synthetic methods involving either top-down or bottom-up approaches have been developed to synthesize Au NPs with deliberately varied shapes, sizes, and configurations; however, the production of templateless, seedless, and surfactant-free singular-shaped anisotropic Au NPs remains a significant challenge. The concentrations of hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (HAuCl4), 5-HIAA, and KBr, as well as the reaction temperature, were found to influence the resulting product morphology. A detailed characterization of the resulting Au NPs was performed using ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Raman spectroscopy. The as-prepared Au NPs exhibited excellent surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) properties, which make them very attractive for the development of SERS-based chemical and biological sensors.

scholarly journals Study on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate Based on Titanium Oxide Nanorods Coated with Gold Nanoparticles

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Wang ◽  
Xiulan Cheng ◽  
Xufeng Yu ◽  
Xueling Quan
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Titanium Oxide ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Au Nps ◽  
Oxide Nanorods ◽  
Relative Standard ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

A 3D surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate based on titanium oxide nanorods (TiOx-NRs) coated with gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) was fabricated by a simple hydrothermal, no-template process. The nanostructure of TiOx-NRs influenced by the concentrations of hydrochloric (HCl) acid and sodium chloride (NaCl) was studied in detail. The substrate showed the strongest Raman enhancement, when the diameters of Au-NPs were around 40 nm and the gaps of Au-NPs were in the range of 5 nm to 10 nm. The surface electric field of our substrate was examined by finite-different time-domain (FDTD) solutions. Rhodamine 6G (R6G) was chosen as the probe molecule to study the SERS performance of the substrates. The Raman signal of 10−10 M R6G was detected clearly by the substrate with the enhancement factor of 2.64 × 108. All relative standard deviation (RSD) values of the major peaks for R6G were within the scope of 10.4% to 16.7%. The substrate could work efficiently even after immersed in water for one month.

SERS-active metal–organic frameworks with embedded gold nanoparticles

The Analyst ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 142 (14) ◽  
pp. 2640-2647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Cao ◽  
Sihui Hong ◽  
Zejun Jiang ◽  
Yongxin She ◽  
Shanshan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Metal Organic Frameworks ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Active Metal ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been widely used in the detection of targets and strongly depends on the interaction and the distance between the targets and nanoparticles.

scholarly journals Fabrication and Characterization of a Highly-Sensitive Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanosensor for Detecting Glucose in Urine

Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yudong Lu ◽  
Ting Zhou ◽  
Ruiyun You ◽  
Yang Wu ◽  
Huiying Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Internal Standard ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Quantitative Detection ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Ag Nps ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

Herein we utilized coordination interactions to prepare a novel core-shell plasmonic nanosensor for the detection of glucose. Specifically, Au nanoparticles (NPs) were strongly linked with Ag+ ions to form a sacrificial Ag shell by using 4-aminothiophenol (4-PATP) as a mediator, which served as an internal standard to decrease the influence of the surrounding on the detection. The resultant Au-PATP-Ag core-shell systems were characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) techniques. Experiments performed with R6G (rhodamine 6G) and CV (crystal violet) as Raman reporters demonstrated that the Au@Ag nanostructure amplified SERS signals obviously. Subsequently, the Au@Ag NPs were decorated with 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid (4-MPBA) to specifically recognize glucose by esterification, and a detection limit as low as 10−4 M was achieved. Notably, an enhanced linearity for the quantitative detection of glucose (R2 = 0.995) was obtained after the normalization of the spectral peaks using 4-PATP as the internal standard. Finally, the practical applicability of the developed sensing platform was demonstrated by the detection of glucose in urine with acceptable specificity.

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