Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectra of Non-Fluorescent 4-Mercaptobenzoic Acid and Human Red Blood Cells on Carnation-Shaped Silver Meso-Flowers Monolayer

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 1356-1363
Author(s):  
Shuang-Mei Zhu ◽  
Xi-Guang Dong ◽  
Er-Jun Liang ◽  
Hong-Wei Hou ◽  
Hao-Shan Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Sers Substrate ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

The development of new surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates is primarily motivated by designing synthetic substrates to obtain the significant signal enhancement. In this paper, a large-scale carnation-shaped Ag meso-flowers monolayer with sufficient “hot spots” has been synthesized on copper foil without using any capping agent. In dimethyl sulfoxide, AgNO3 is reduced by Cu for 60 min at 35 °C through the galvanic displacement reaction, and carnation-shaped Ag meso-flowers with good crystallinity and high purity are obtained. The as-fabricated carnation-shaped Ag meso-flowers monolayer is used as novel SERS substrates. Non-fluorescent 4-mercaptobenzoic acid is selected as the probe molecule to test the SERS activity, uniformity and enhancement factors (EF) of the monolayer. Experimental results show that the EF of the carnation-shaped Ag meso-flowers monolayer is up to 7.06×108 and the limit of detection is 10-11 M. Meanwhile, the biocompatibility of the carnation-shaped silver meso-flowers monolayer is tested for red blood cells detection. SERS measurements demonstrate that the carnation-shaped silver meso-flowers monolayer has good activity, uniformity and biocompatibility, and can be used as an outstanding SERS substrate, which has a broad application prospect in numerous chemical and biochemical sensing applications.

Large Area Au Decorated Multi-Walled CNTs Film for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering

2013 ◽  
Vol 562-565 ◽  
pp. 826-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Yu Lin Chen ◽  
Tuo Fan ◽  
Yong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Resonance Effect ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Sers Substrate ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

We reported on a study upon a Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrate produced from a large area multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) films decorated with Au nanoparticles. The morphology and spectrum of the MWCNTs/Au composite structure was characterized with scanning electron microscopy and spectrophotometer. The SERS signals of Rhodamine 6G (R6G) absorbed on the substrate were improved, which could contribute to the enlarged surface area for adsorption of molecules and Localized Plasmon Resonance Effect. The results indicated that it is potential to produce sensitive SERS substrates via further fine-tuning of size, shape of the nanostructure.

Hydrophilic-hydrophobic graphitic carbon nitride@silver hybrid substrate for recyclable surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based detection without coffee ring effect

The Analyst ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanjia Jiang ◽  
Huimin Sun ◽  
Chenjie Gu ◽  
Yongling Zhang ◽  
Tao Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Sers Substrate ◽  
Organic P ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Coffee Ring Effect

There is a growing interest in developing a multifunctional surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate to deal with the challenge of the pretreatment-free detection and degradation of hazardous molecules in organic...

scholarly journals Large-Scale Fabrication of Ultrasensitive and Uniform Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates for the Trace Detection of Pesticides

Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Zhu ◽  
Guanzhou Lin ◽  
Meizhang Wu ◽  
Zhuojie Chen ◽  
Peimin Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Capillary Flow ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Ag Nps ◽  
Uniform Size ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

Technology transfer from laboratory into practical application needs to meet the demands of economic viability and operational simplicity. This paper reports a simple and convenient strategy to fabricate large-scale and ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates. In this strategy, no toxic chemicals or sophisticated instruments are required to fabricate the SERS substrates. On one hand, Ag nanoparticles (NPs) with relatively uniform size were synthesized using the modified Tollens method, which employs an ultra-low concentration of Ag+ and excessive amounts of glucose as a reducing agent. On the other hand, when a drop of the colloidal Ag NPs dries on a horizontal solid surface, the droplet becomes ropy, turns into a layered structure under gravity, and hardens. During evaporation, capillary flow was burdened by viscidity resistance from the ropy glucose solution. Thus, the coffee-ring effect is eliminated, leading to a uniform deposition of Ag NPs. With this method, flat Ag NPs-based SERS active films were formed in array-well plates defined by hole-shaped polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) structures bonded on glass substrates, which were made for convenient detection. The strong SERS activity of these substrates allowed us to reach detection limits down to 10−14 M of Rhodamine 6 G and 10−10 M of thiram (pesticide).

scholarly journals Development of Effectual Substrates for SERS by Nanostructures-on flexible surfaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 2114 (1) ◽  
pp. 012084
Author(s):  
Hammad R. Humud ◽  
Fatimah Jumaah Moaen
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Ag Nanoparticles ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Plasmonic Nanostructures ◽  
Sers Substrate ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering

Abstract The current study examines recent advancements in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), a technique that employs flexible surfaces as an active substrate, this surfaces consist from two-dimensional thermo-plasmonic grating. With 53 nm Au layer (was deposited on the 2D grating structure of the PDMS by the PVD method). The explosive wire technique was used to preparing Ag nanoparticles that were used for the purpose of SERS. The effect of the plasmonic nanostructures on the absorption spectra and Surface - Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) activities was examined. Rhodamine 6G dye was used as a probe molecule. X-Ray diffraction (XRD) was used to examine the structural characteristics of the nanoparticles. The morphology was assessed using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy(FESEM). A twin beam UV-Vis Spectrophotometer was used to measure the absorption of the combined Rh6G dye (concentration 1×10“–6M) with the nanostructures. a Sunshine Raman microscope system and a 50mm objective lens, used for investigating the Raman spectra of the Rh6G combined with nanostructures. The results showed that the enhancement factor (EF) for SERS of R6G (1×M) reached to (2.2×10 3) When using Ag nanoparticles and (0.08 × 103) when R6G deposited directly on the flexible substrates without nanostructures at the wave number (1650 cm−1), we produced a recyclable, homogeneous, and highly sensitive SERS substrate with dependable reproducibility. For the SERS substrate, a surface made up of two-dimensional (2D) flexible grating substrates was chosen to provide multiple modalities in electrical and medicinal applications.

scholarly journals Performance Improving Method of Aligned Silver Nanorod by Grafting Au@Ag Core–Shell Nanoparticles for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

NANO ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1750131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Chen ◽  
Peitao Dong ◽  
Chaoguang Wang ◽  
Chenyu Zhang ◽  
Junfeng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Sers Substrate ◽  
Shell Nanoparticles ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Enhanced Raman Scattering ◽  
Core Shell Nanoparticles

A simple method for improving surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) performance of aligned silver nanorod (Ag NR) array was investigated. This method was to construct a kind of hybrid substrate by grafting Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles (NPs) into Ag NR array using poly(2-vinylphridine) (P2VPy) as a bridging agent. The hybrid substrate yielded excellent SERS performance as its detection limit improved from 10[Formula: see text] M to 10[Formula: see text] M using trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (BPE) as probe molecule, which was increased by two orders of magnitude compared with Ag NR array substrate. The significant improvement of SERS performance of Ag NR arrays was attributed to the addition of Au@Ag core–shell NPs. As a result of surface plasmon resonance generated by the interaction of electromagnetic (EM) (IAEM) filed between NP and NR structures, increasing hotspots were found at the connections of NPs and NRs, the gaps of adjacent rods, and the gaps of two particles consequently. These results were validated by the finite difference time domain (FDTD) calculation. Besides, hybrid substrate shows good performance in stability and reproducibility. The proposed method was simple and robust, which promoted SERS performance of Ag NR array effectively, showing great potential in the application of SERS substrate fabrication and SERS-based bio-chemical sensing.

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