Raman mapping and in situ SERS spectroelectrochemical studies of 6-mercaptopurine SAMs on the gold electrode

The self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) were formed at the roughened polycrystalline gold surfaces in acid and alkaline media. The time-dependent Raman mapping spectral analysis in conjunction with the quantum calculations for the vibrational modes using ab initio BLYP/6-31G method suggested that both of the resulted 6MP SAMs adopted the same adsorption mode through the S atom of pyrimidine moiety and the N7 atom of the imidazole moiety anchoring the gold surface in a vertical way. The in situ surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroelectrochemical experiment was conducted to examine the stability of the SAMs at various bias potentials. It was found that the detaching process of the 6MP SAMs from the surface involved one electron reduction as the voltage was applied at ca. 0.7 V vs a standard calomel electrode.     

Multiple-angle-of-incidence polarization infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (MAI-PIRRAS) for investigation of 6-Mercaptopurine SAMs on smooth silver surface

Multiple-angle-of-incidence polarization infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (MAI-PIRRAS) has been used to study the adsorption mode and structural properties of 6-Mercaptopurine (6MP) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on smooth silver surface. The in-plane vibrations of the 6MP SAMs show some enhancement compared with the spectrum of the solid powder of 6MP, while the out-of-plane vibrations are very weak. Assignments of the observed bands by DFT calculations show that both the thiol form and the tautomer of 6MP exist in the SAMs and adopt the S atom and the N7 or N1 atom anchoring the silver surface. In order to eliminate the influence of the angle of the incidence and obtain direct influence of the orientation of the 6MP to the spectral intensity, the adsorption intensity of the SAMs is multiplied by cos θ to obtain corrected spectra. The adsorption intensity attains to the maximum at 35–40° other than near the grazing angle. The characteristics of the spectra suggest that the SAMs of 6MP are arranged orderly in a parallel fashion with a dihedral angle of 35–40° between the ring plane and the silver surface.     

银电极上4-氨基安替比林原位表面增强拉曼光谱电化学

在银电极表面4-氨基安替比林(4-AAP)分子自组装,形成单分子膜层.应用表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)光谱原位考察不同电位下4-AAP在电极表面的吸附机理及其组装液pH值对组装分子与银作用方式的影响.依据密度泛函数(DFT)理论预测4-AAP分子振动模式及其SERS光谱归属.结果表明:在开路电位下,组装层中的4-AAP分子以N15和O3为位点,由苯环倾斜和比林环垂直的方式吸附在银表面;但随着外加电位负移,4-AAP分子的苯环趋于垂直吸附而比林环则逐渐以平行方式靠近银表面.在-0.8V电位下,4-AAP分子从银表面脱附.酸性溶液中组装,形成的4-AAP膜层以N15和O3为位点吸附于银表面,比林环倾斜而苯环直立;碱性条件下,分子的吸附位点不变,比林环呈平行取向,而苯环倾斜于银表面.     

TiO2电极表面氰基吡啶吸附的电化学SERS光谱

采用基于核壳纳米粒子的壳层隔绝纳米粒子增强拉曼(SHINERS)以及Au纳米粒子增强技术, 对比研究了4-氰基吡啶(4-CNPy)在TiO2表面的吸附行为. 结果表明, 采用2种技术所获得的光谱存在明显的差别. 利用前者得到了4-CNPy在TiO2电极上随电极电位变化的吸附方式. 在电位为0时, 分子以吡啶环上的N垂直吸附; 随电位负移, 部分分子变为倾斜吸附, 且在电位为-1.0 V时倾斜角度变大. 在正电位区间, 分子始终以吡啶环上的N垂直吸附. 而采用Au纳米粒子滴加在TiO2电极上的方式, 则得到吸附在TiO2, Au及TiO2/Au复合结构上的总光谱信息.     

表面增强拉曼光谱研究稳定剂TAI在银上的吸附

用表面增强拉曼光谱的方法研究 4-羟基--甲基-1,3,3a,7-四氮茚(TAI)在金属银上的吸附.实验表明TAI分子是通过分子上的N原子以化学吸附的方式吸附在银电极上.电极处理的氧化-还原循环次数并不影响振动频率,但在一定范围内对表面增强拉曼光谱的吸收强度有明显影响.     

锌电极上2-巯基吡啶自组装单层的原位表面增强拉曼光谱电化学观察

利用原位表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)技术, 观察了2-巯基吡啶在锌电极上单层吸附和脱附行为. SERS实验结果表明, 2-巯基吡啶分子主要通过巯基上的硫原子垂直吸附于锌表面. 原位SERS光谱电化学发现, 当外加电位达到－1.4 V vs. SCE时, 分子开始从表面脱附, 并伴随吸附构型变化, 在－1.6 V时发生完全脱附.     

铂电极上自组装铁原卟啉单分子层的表面增强振动光谱初探(英文)

应用现场表面增强拉曼光谱和衰减全反射表面增强红外光谱初步研究了0.1mol·L-1HClO4溶液中Pt电极表面铁原卟啉(FePP)自组装单层的电化学和结构特性.以514nm波长为激发线,得到了增强因子约为40的粗糙Pt电极上FePP在不同电位下的表面增强拉曼光谱.分析0.5～-0.3V(SCE)区间内谱峰变化,得到近似的吸附等温式,由此可估算出Fe3+/Fe2+的式量电位大约为-0.2V.原位表面增强红外光谱的测试结果表明,FePP分子主要以斜立方式吸附在Pt膜电极表面,其中一个环外羧酸根与电极表面相接触,而另一羧酸基团以氢键与相邻的FePP分子相连.这样的吸附结构在-0.1～0.9V(SCE)的电位区间内并没有显著的变化.     

硫脲及其衍生物的SERS和量子化学研究

Adsorption of thiourea (TU) and ethylthiourea(ETU) on roughened silver electrode was investigated using in- situ surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS). Using quantum chemistry and HSAB theories, the influences of electrode potential and the different substituent groups on SERS were discussed. TU is chemisorbed perpendicularly by Ag-S bond on silver at E=-0.3 V and adsorption of TU turns into a parallel orientation at E=-0.9 V. ETU is always chemisorbed at an angle from Ag. The adsorption of ETU is through C=C and C=O groups at E=-0.3 V, and mainly through C=C at E=-0.9V.     

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering and density functional theory calculation of uracil on gold and silver nanoparticle surfaces

The adsorption structure of uracil on gold and silver nanoparticle surfaces has been comparatively studied by means of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Uracil appeared to assume a perpendicular orientation with respect to the surfaces. The presence of the nu(CH) band in the SERS spectra indicated a vertical orientation of the aromatic ring of uracil on Au and Ag. The density functional theory (DFT) calculation was performed at the levels of B3LYP and MP2 to estimate the energetic stability of the N3- and N1-deprotonated tautomers and their vibrational frequencies on the surfaces. Almost all the vibrational bands in the SERS spectra at high concentrations could be ascribed to the N3-deprotonated uracil. The N3-deprotonated tautomer was predicted to be more favorable on Au than on Ag from the DFT calculation. The metal-N bond distance was assumed to be shorter for Au than for Ag upon adsorption of uracil.     

金与银电极表面甘氨酸分子吸附作用的SERS光谱研究

本文利用表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)技术研究了甘氨酸在金与银基底表面的吸附作用特征。研究表明甘氨酸分子以COO-的不对称形式吸附于金电极表面,且NH2也是其可能的吸附位点;而在银电极表面,则主要是通过COO-的对称形式而吸附。在此基础上,进一步研究了电极电位与溶液酸碱性对吸附于粗糙化银电极表面甘氨酸分子吸附作用的影响。研究结果表明,甘氨酸分子中去质子化羧基的吸附作用受电位影响较小,而电位对-NH3+吸附作用的影响程度较大。另一方面,溶液pH值对银电极表面的甘氨酸分子吸附行为的影响也较为显著。随着溶液酸性减小羧基倾向于相对于电极表面平行吸附。这是由于随着溶液碱性增大氨基质子化程度的减小,有利于氨基在银电极表面吸附。这将改变分子的吸附构型使其更接近于电极表面。这些变化主要出现在pH值大于10的条件下。     

Comparison of the adsorption orientation for 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and 2-mercaptobenzoxazole by SERS spectroscopy

In this study, the adsorption orientation for 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) and 2-mercaptobenzoxazole (MBO) on to silver mirror and silver sol substrates have been studied by surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The MBT and MBO were chemisorbed on both silver mirror and silver sol after deprotonation with a tilted orientation to the silver surfaces. The surface enhanced properties of MBT and MBO showed that the substrate of silver mirror was superior to the sliver sol. The SERS spectra of MBT and MBO revealed that both of the MBT and MBO were adsorbed on silver surfaces strongly by a common sulfur molecule and a sulfur atom from MBT and an oxygen atom from MBO. Therefore, the adsorption orientation of MBT and MBO was little tilted perpendicularly to the silver surfaces. The adsorption geometry did not undergo any significant changes in acidic and basic solutions. It showed that the adsorption orientation for MBT and MBO were stable in the both solutions.     

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering at the silver electrode/ionic liquid (BMIPF6) interface

This is the first report of in situ SER spectra of chemical species adsorbed on a Ag/room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) interface. We have investigated the dependence of the SERS intensity of the RTIL derived from 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosfate (BMIPF6) adsorbed on a silver electrode. It has been shown that the BMI+ adsorbs on the silver electrode for potentials more negative than -0.4 V vs a Pt quasireference electrode (PQRE). In the -0.4 to -1.0 V potential range the SER spectra are similar to the Raman spectrum of the RTIL BMIPF6. At potentials more negative than -1.0 V some imidazolium ring vibrational modes and N-CH3 vibrations are enhanced, suggesting that the imidazolium ring is parallel to the surface and for potentials <-2.8 V the BMI+ is reduced to the BMI carbene. The potential dependence of the SERS intensities of Py adsorbed on a silver electrode in BMIPF6 has also been investigated. The results have shown that at potentials less negative than -0.8 V (vs PQRE) Py adsorbs at an end-on configuration forming an Ag-N bond. In the -0.9 to -1.4 V potential range Py molecules lie flat on the electrode surface and at potentials <-1.4 V Py is replaced by the BMI+. The electrochemical and SERS results have shown that Py has the effect of changing the oxidation of silver in that medium as well as the reduction of BMI+ to the BMI carbene. In the presence of Py the BMI+ reduction is observed at potentials near -2.4 V. The Ag electrode has presented SERS activity from 0.0 to -3.0 V.     

硫脲在HNO3介质中共吸附行为的喇曼光谱研究

用常规Raman谱、电化学现场表面增强喇曼散射光谱(SERS)和时间分辨SERS光谱(TRSERS)研究了硫脲(TU)在HNO₃介质中与NO-3的共吸附行为.实验结果表明,NO₃^-离子能被TU诱导共吸附在其质子化氨基上;TU以S端按σ配位键方式化学吸附在银电极表面.在较正电位区间(≥-0.6V),TU垂直吸附,电位负移(≤-0.8V),TU由垂直逐渐转变为倾斜甚至平躺吸附;在较负的电位下(≤-0.8V),TU在HNO₃介质中比在HClO₄中更稳定,甚至在-2.0V的电位下亦能检测到TU的SERS信号.     

非水体系苯并咪唑及衍生物吸附的电化学表面增强拉曼光谱研究

应用电化学现场表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)以及直接电化学合成技术分别研究了非水体系中苯并咪唑及2-巯基苯并咪唑在铜电极表面的吸附行为及其与三苯基膦(pph3)共存的表面过程.在较负电位区间苯并咪唑主要以分子形式吸附在电极表面.在较正电位区间,电极表面生成类高分子(CuBIM)n膜,具有缓蚀作用,对含有pph3的该体系,Cu+首先与pph3配位形成稳定的阳离子,进入溶液之后与BIM配位生成稳定的配合物,导致不能在表面有效地成膜而破坏了苯并咪唑的缓蚀作用.2-巯基苯并咪唑在Cu表面主要通过自组装单层方式在电极表面吸附,且在实验测试的电位区间内,MBI均是以S端与金属表面作用,其吸附取向随电位正移由倾斜逐渐向接近垂直过渡,并在金属表面形成MBI单分子层膜.pph3的加入不影响MBI在Cu电极表面的成膜行为.电化学现场模拟合成及产物结构组成解析为推断表面反应过程提供了直接证据.     

尿嘧啶在银电极表面吸附状态的研究

综合分析了尿嘧啶在银电极表面不同条件的表面增强激光Ｒａｍａｎ光谱（ＳＥＲＳ）,利用扩展的Ｈüｃｋｅｌ分子轨道法（ＥＨＭＯ）对尿嘧啶分子在银电极表面的吸附状态进行了计算．结果表明：最稳定的吸附构型能较成功地阐明尿嘧啶吸附在银表面的ＳＥＲＳ谱;尿嘧啶在银表面主要是以Ｎ（３）去质子化的形式吸附;尿嘧啶在银表面的吸附取向是由其浓度和银表面电位共同决定;在较低浓度和较高电位时,Ｎ（３）去质子化的尿嘧啶离子在银表面主要是通过Ｃ（２）及整个嘧啶环上的π电子体系与银表面的相互作用平躺地吸附;在较高浓度和较低电位时,吸附取向发生改变,即主要是通过Ｎ（３）与Ｏ（１０）以及Ｎ（３）与Ｏ（８）垂直地共同吸附在银表面上     

Thiol with an unusual adsorption-desorption behavior: 6-mercaptopurine on Au(111)

A multitechnique study of 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) adsorption on Au(111) is presented. The molecule adsorbs on Au(111), originating short-range ordered domains and irregular nanosized aggregates with a total surface coverage by chemisorbed species smaller than those found for alkanethiol SAMs, as derived from scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and electrochemical results. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results show the presence of a thiolate bond, whereas density functional theory (DFT) data indicate strong chemisorption via a S-Au bond and additional binding to the surface via a N-Au bond. From DFT data, the positive charge on the Au topmost surface atoms is markedly smaller than that found for Au atoms in alkanethiolate SAMs. The adsorption of 6MP originates Au atom removal from step edges but no vacancy island formation at (111) terraces. The small coverage of Au islands after 6MP desorption strongly suggests the presence of only a small population of Au adatom-thiolate complexes. We propose that the absence of the Au-S interface reconstruction results from the lack of significant repulsive forces acting at the Au surface atoms.     

Adsorption Behaviors of 4-Mercaptobenzoic Acid on Silver and Gold Films

The adsorption behaviors of 4-mercaptobenzoic acid on silver and gold nanoparticles were studied by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and density functional theory. The silver and gold films by electrodeposition have the same excellent characteristics as SERS-active substrates. At the same, the SERS spectra indicate that 4-mercaptobenzoic acid molecules are adsorbed on the surfaces of gold nanoparticles through the S atom, and that the carboxyl group is far away from surface of gold nanoparticles, and that there is a certain angle between the plane of benzene ring and gold film. However, 4-mercaptobenzoic acid molecules are adsorbed on the surfaces of silver nanoparticles through the carboxyl group, and the S atom is far away from surface of silver nanoparticles, and there is also a certain angle between the plane of benzene ring and the surface of silver nanoparticles. Here it is demonstrated the calculated Raman frequencies are in good agreement with experimental values, and the calculated Raman frequencies are also helpful to infer the adsorption behaviors of 4-mercaptobenzoic acid molecules.     

铂电极上苯和苯磺酸吸附定向的现场红外反射吸收光谱电化学方法研究

本文用现场红外反射吸收光谱电化学方法和循环伏安法研究铂电析上苯和苯磺酸的吸附定向。对于苯/铂势系, 电势在-0.6至0.0V(相对饱和甘汞电极)内, 苯主要以垂直方式吸附; 在0.0至0.8V内则主要以平躺方式吸附。对于苯磺酸/铂体系,电势在-0.4V至0.0V内, 苯磺酸分子中的苯环主要呈垂直吸附且SO~3H基团远离电极表面; 在0.0至1.0V内则主要以倾斜平躺方式吸附, SO~3H基团通过其中的两个氧原子吸附于电极表面上。     

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) from different azobenzene self-assembled monolayers and sandwiches

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of functionalized azobenzene thiols (RAzoCnSH, n=3-6 for R=H, abbreviated as AzoCnSH; and n=4 for R=CH(3)CONH, abbreviated as aaAzoC4SH) on different substrates RAzoCnSz.sbnd;z.sfnc;S (S represents substrates of vacuum-deposited gold (Au), silver foil (Ag), HNO(3) etched silver foil (EAg), and silver mirror (mAg)) have been studied by SERS in the near-infrared region. SERS of the SAMs on EAg and/or mAg exhibit SERS effects that vary with etching time and/or deposition time. The most appropriate time is 5 s for etching in 1:1 HNO(3) and 40 s for deposition in 0.1 M Ag(NH(3))(2)NO(3). Further, a layer of Ag mirror was conveniently deposited on the top of the SAMs on different substrates, yielding a more efficient SERS-active system possessing a "sandwiched" structure of mAgz.sfnc;RAzoCnS-z.sfnc;S. An appropriate surface roughness is required for the strongest SERS effect. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicates that there exist a large number of projects around 100 nm on the surface showing the strongest SERS effect. When the surface roughness is decreased or increased, the SERS effect decreases sharply. The relationship between the SERS effect and the structural nature was investigated and showed that the enhancement factor decays exponentially with increasing in distances of the azobenzene group from the underlying substrate or the overlying silver mirror. This result reveals that the SERS effect may be the result of the electromagnetic coupling effect between two metal layers.     

An investigation of the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) from a new substrate of silver-modified silver electrode by magnetron sputtering

'Pure' silver nanoparticles on silver electrode were prepared by magnetron sputtering. The silver-modified silver electrode has good stability and the silver nanoparticles on silver electrode have homogeneous size distribution. Compared with the silver colloid modified silver electrode, there were no any extraneous component ions on the electrode, for the modified silver nanoparticles are prepared by magnetron sputtering. Synchronously, we obtained much higher quality SERS spectra of adenine molecules on the silver electrode modified by magnetron sputtering (SEMMS), and the study of the adsorption behavior of adenine on the silver-modified silver electrode by surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) indicated that the silver-modified silver electrode was highly efficient substrates for SERS investigation. From the rich information on the SEMMS obtained from high-quality potential-dependent SERS, we may deduce the adsorption behavior of adenine and the probable SERS mechanism in the process. The probable reasons are given.