scholarly journals Label-free highly sensitive probe detection with novel hierarchical SERS substrates fabricated by nanoindentation and chemical reaction methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 2483-2496
Author(s):  
Jingran Zhang ◽  
Tianqi Jia ◽  
Yongda Yan ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Peng Miao ◽  
...  

Nanostructures have been widely employed in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates. Recently, in order to obtain a higher enhancement factor at a lower detection limit, hierarchical structures, including nanostructures and nanoparticles, appear to be viable SERS substrate candidates. Here we describe a novel method integrating the nanoindentation process and chemical redox reaction to machine a hierarchical SERS substrate. The micro/nanostructures are first formed on a Cu(110) plane and then Ag nanoparticles are generated on the structured copper surface. The effect of the indentation process parameters and the corrosion time in the AgNO3 solution on the Raman intensities of the SERS substrate with hierarchical structures are experimentally studied. The intensity and distribution of the electric field of single and multiple Ag nanoparticles on the surface of a plane and with multiple micro/nanostructures are studied with COMSOL software. The feasibility of the hierarchical SERS substrate is verified using R6G molecules. Finally, the enhancement factor using malachite green molecules was found to reach 5.089 × 109, which demonstrates that the production method is a simple, reproducible and low-cost method for machining a highly sensitive, hierarchical SERS substrate.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingran Zhang ◽  
Tianqi Jia ◽  
Yongda Yan ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Peng Miao ◽  
...  

Nanostructures and nanoparticles are two typical structures which have already been widely employed as the Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrates. In most studies, they are employed separately as SERS substrates. Recently, the hierarchical structures including nanostructures and nanoparticles present better SERS characteristics. However, how to machine such hierarchical structures is a big problem. In the present study, a novel method integrating the nanoindentation process and chemical redox reaction to machine the hierarchical SERS substrate is provided. Micro/nanostructures are formed on the Cu(110) plane first, and then Ag nanoparticles are generated on the structured Copper surface. Effects of parameters of the indentation process and the corrosion times in the AgNO3 solutions on the Raman intensities of the SERS substrate with hierarchical structures are experimentally studied. The intensity and distribution of the electric field of single and multi Ag nanoparticles on the surface of plane and micro/nanostructures are studied with the COMSOL software. The feasibility of the hierarchical SERS substrate is verified using R6G molecules. Finally, the enhancement factor of malachite green molecules can reach to 5.089×109, which proves that the method is simple, replicable and low cost method for machining the hierarchical SERS substrate.


NANO ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (05) ◽  
pp. 1750052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuhua Li ◽  
Jian Lin ◽  
Junhong Zhao

A novel composite nanostructure which is made up of TiO2 three dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) nanostructure and TiO2 nanorods (NRs) has been successfully synthesized through a combination of colloidal crystal template technology and hydrothermal method, then we achieved its combination with Ag nanoparticles (NPs) via a silver mirror reaction. We studied the SERS (Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering) performance of the obtained structure, the results show that our samples are very sensitive substrates when being used to detect dye R6G molecules, with a low detection concentration of 10[Formula: see text] M. This proves that it is a promising material in the area of analyzing and molecule-level detecting as a kind of novel and low-cost SERS substrate.


2017 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 795-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-François Bryche ◽  
Benoît Bélier ◽  
Bernard Bartenlian ◽  
Grégory Barbillon

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiliang Zhang ◽  
Tiantian Si ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Guowei Zhou

The rapid sampling and efficient collection of target molecules from a real-world surface is fairly crucial for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) to detect trace pesticide residues in the environment and in agriculture fields. In this work, a versatile approach was exploited to fabricate a flexible SERS substrate for highly sensitive detection of carbaryl pesticides, using in-situ grown silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)on non-woven (NW) fabric surfaces based on mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) molecules. The obtained NW@PDA@AgNPs fabrics showed extremely sensitive and reproducible SERS signals toward crystal violet (CV) molecules, and the detection limit was as low as 1.0 × 10−12 M. More importantly, these NW@PDA@AgNPs fabrics could be directly utilized as flexible SERS substrates for the rapid extraction and detection of trace carbaryl pesticides from various fruit surfaces through a simple swabbing approach. It was identified that the detection limits of carbaryl residues from apple, orange, and banana surfaces were approximately decreased to 4.02 × 10−12, 6.04 × 10−12, and 5.03 × 10−12 g, respectively, demonstrating high sensitivity and superior reliability. These flexible substrates could not only drastically increase the collection efficiency from multifarious irregular-shaped matrices, but also greatly enhance analytical sensitivity and reliability for carbaryl pesticides. The fabricated flexible and multifunctional SERS substrates would have great potential to trace pesticide residue detection in the environment and bioscience fields.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (71) ◽  
pp. 67204-67211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Wei Chiu ◽  
Po-Hsien Lin

A novel flexible, freestanding, large-scale, and disposable SERS substrate of core/shell Ag@silicate and poly(vinyl alcohol) spherical nanohybrids, fabricated by coaxial electrospray, allows for the high-efficiency detection of adenine from DNA.


The Analyst ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 140 (16) ◽  
pp. 5707-5715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Jia ◽  
Bing Cao ◽  
Jianqiang Wang ◽  
Jin Qu ◽  
Yuxuan Liu ◽  
...  

The AgNCs (AgNPs, AgNTs and AgNDs) decorated-PmPD/PAN nanofiber mats were obtained as highly sensitive 3D SERS substrates.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (43) ◽  
pp. 39424-39435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan C. Fraire ◽  
Stephan Stremersch ◽  
Davinia Bouckaert ◽  
Tinne Monteyne ◽  
Thomas De Beer ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. 369-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vo Thi Nhat Linh ◽  
Jungil Moon ◽  
ChaeWon Mun ◽  
Vasanthan Devaraj ◽  
Jin-Woo Oh ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 1568-1576
Author(s):  
Jingran Zhang ◽  
Tianqi Jia ◽  
Xiaoping Li ◽  
Junjie Yang ◽  
Zhengkai Li ◽  
...  

Based on an electrochemical method, three-dimensional arrayed nanopore structures are machined onto a Mg surface. The structured Mg surface is coated with a thin gold (Au) film, which is used as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. A rhodamine 6G (R6G) probe molecule is used as the detection agent for the SERS measurement. Different sizes of arrayed micro/nanostructures are fabricated by different treatment time using the electrochemical process. The topographies of these micro/nanostructures and the thickness of the Au film have an influence on the Raman intensity of the Mg substrate. Furthermore, when the thickness of Au film coating is held constant, the Raman intensity on the structured Mg substrates is about five times higher after a treatment time of 1 min when compared with other treatment times. The SERS enhancement factor ranges from 106 to 1.75 × 107 under these experimental conditions. Additionally, a 10−6 mol·L−1 solution of lysozyme was successfully detected using the Mg–Au nanopore substrates. Our low-cost method is reproducible, homogeneous, and suitable for the fabrication of SERS substrates.


The Analyst ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 142 (24) ◽  
pp. 4756-4764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Rui Lu ◽  
Jinyou Shen ◽  
Weiqing Han ◽  
Xiuyun Sun ◽  
...  

A flexible 3D hybrid PC/Ag surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate was fabricated through the combination of electrospinning and in situ chemical reduction.


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