气/液界面Langmuir单分子膜的原位拉曼光谱

提出了一种原位测量气/液界面Langmuir单分子膜拉曼光谱的新方法, 即利用SERS技术, 通过降低亚相的方法来获得气/液界面Langmuir单分子膜的原位拉曼光谱. 利用这种方法, 用原位拉曼光谱测量系统得到了信噪比较好的十八胺及二棕榈酰磷脂酰胆碱单分子膜的拉曼光谱, 在分子水平上获取了单分子膜中的结构信息.     

钕的电子拉曼光谱和一种新的拉曼增强机理

拉曼光谱是研究分子体系微观结构的一种有力工具 [1] ,由于拉曼信号弱 ,在一定程定上影响了拉曼光谱的应用 .为解决此问题 ,人们一方面采用各种先进的光谱测试技术 ,另一方面广泛运用各种拉曼增强机理 ,以提高拉曼光谱的灵敏度 .到目前为止 ,公认的拉曼增强机理只有共振拉曼增强和表面拉曼增强两种 .最近 ,文献报道了一种称为聚集增强的拉曼增强机理[2 ] .众所周知 ,f电子使稀土具有极丰富的电子能级结构 ,使得稀土元素在发展各种高性能的功能材料方面具有巨大的潜在价值 [3～ 5] .人们利用稀土的能级结构发展各种探针技术以表征分子体系在…     

表面增强拉曼光谱在毒品检测中的应用进展

表面增强拉曼光谱(surfaced-enhanced Raman spectroscopy,SERS)作为一种借助贵金属纳米材料可以增强目标分子信号的拉曼光谱技术,由于其具有指纹识别、高灵敏、高准确度、快速无损、不受水分子干扰等特点,在法庭科学领域中的痕量毒品检测方面逐渐受到人们的关注.SERS不仅用于毒品纯品的检测,对于复杂体系的缴获毒品和人体检材毒品的检测也逐渐成为研究热点.本文重点总结了SERS检测毒品的种类和方法,介绍了用于毒品检测的增强基底的发展,以及基于SERS的检测技术的进展,并对SERS毒品检测数据的分析方法做了概括.最后讨论了SERS在毒品检测面临的主要挑战,并展望了基于SERS毒品痕量检测的未来发展趋势.     

纳米孔道单分子电化学测量的低噪音控温系统研究

纳米孔道检测技术是一种利用单个分子测量界面实现在单分子水平上测量DNA、RNA、蛋白、多肽等生物分子的高灵敏的单分子检测技术. 由于单个分子与纳米孔道的相互作用受热力学控制,亟需精准控制纳米孔道单分子分析的实验温度. 因此,本文研制了一种低噪音控温系统用于具有皮安级电流分辨的纳米孔道单分子实验,以实现精确调控测量时的环境温度. 该系统利用半导体制冷片的热电效应对检测池环境加热/制冷,通过对高精度热敏电阻进行电磁屏蔽以实现在温度反馈的同时避免噪音的引入. 利用比例-积分-微分算法进行控制,达到高精度快速控温的要求. 该系统控温精度为±1 °C,无额外噪音引入至超灵敏纳米孔道单分子测量,获得了25 °C到5 °C下Poly(dA)5与单个气单胞菌溶素（Aerolysin）分子界面间作用产生信号的差异,应用于研究单分子与纳米孔道相互作用的热力学行为.     

单分子荧光成像研究单颗粒纳米催化机制

纳米颗粒通常具有优异的催化性能,但由于其内在的异质性,宏观水平的表征难以确定单个纳米颗粒可靠的构效关系和潜在的催化反应机制.单分子荧光成像技术具有单分子灵敏度、高时空分辨率的优点,可以在单颗粒水平实现反应产物的超灵敏检测,因而在纳米催化领域得到了广泛应用.本文综述了单分子荧光成像的发展以及该技术在揭示单颗粒纳米催化反应机制中的应用,主要包括尺寸效应、晶面效应、表面缺陷、等离激元效应、双金属效应、活化能、纳米限域效应以及单颗粒催化通讯等方面.最后总结和展望了单分子荧光成像技术在纳米催化研究中的挑战与发展方向.     

定量单分子检测研究进展

单分子检测是指在单分子水平上通过生物分子的构象变化、动力学、分子之间相互作用以及对单个分子进行操纵等方式进行检测.作为一种新型超灵敏检测手段,单分子检测在生物分子的定量检测领域有广阔的应用前景,尤其单分子荧光检测技术,近年来取得了很大进展,被广泛用于研究多种生物体系.本文对定量单分子检测的最新研究进展进行了系统综述,主要聚焦于定量单分子检测在生物标志物(包括DNA、酶和miRNA等)的超灵敏检测研究中的应用,及其在研究生物分子结构与动态、生物分子间相互作用、生物分子修饰和活细胞检测等方面的应用,本文也对定量单分子检测的发展方向进行了展望.     

拉曼光谱技术在聚合物研究中的应用进展

拉曼光谱可以提供分子的振动信息,对于聚合物分子链的构象和链间的相互作用非常敏感,能够提供聚合物固体、薄膜或溶液的物理化学特性信息,如聚合物的结构单元、空间构型、晶态结构、分子链的物理构象或分子链子链和侧基在界面间或在各向异性材料中的排列等链取向信息等。因此拉曼光谱作为一种原位无损检测技术,其衍生出的表面增强拉曼光谱技术(Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering,SERS)、变温拉曼光谱技术、共焦显微拉曼光谱技术(Confocal Raman Microscopy,CRM)、拉曼Mapping成像技术和共振拉曼散射技术(Resonance Raman scattering,RRS)等,广泛应用于物理、化学和生物医学等领域。本文从拉曼光谱的基本理论基础、拉曼光谱技术及其在聚合物研究中的最新应用进展等方面进行综述,以探索扩展拉曼光谱技术在高分子物理与化学领域中许多问题,如分子链的构象结构、分子链的结晶行为、分子链的扩散运动和共混体系相态结构变化等方面的应用。     

SERS标记纳米粒子用于免疫识别

激光拉曼光谱技术近年来已成为研究生物分子结构常用的光谱手段.尤其在研究水溶液中蛋白质的结构和构象方面发挥了重要作用.然而,常规拉曼光谱的信号强度很低,限制了其在各个领域中的应用.表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)和表面增强共振拉曼光谱(SERRS)技术可使信号增强6～10个数量级,尤其是SERS技术已发展到检测单分子的水平,更为其在生物方面的应用开拓了新的局.     

表面增强拉曼光谱技术在食品检测中的应用研究进展

食品污染是危害公众健康和安全的重要问题,探究灵敏、快速、简单的技术,以便在痕量水平上检测污染物,对保障食品质量安全和风险评价具有十分重要的意义.表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)是利用光与金、银等纳米结构材料相互作用产生很强的表面等离子激元共振效应,可显著增强吸附在纳米结构表面上分子的拉曼信号,以超灵敏获取样品自身或拉曼探针...     

针尖增强拉曼光谱应用于单分子研究的进展

拉曼光谱因可表征物质的化学信息而被广泛应用,特别是表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)能够在单分子水平研究物质的化学结构信息,但SERS技术对基底粗糙度要求较高,无法获得令人满意的空间分辨率。扫描探针显微技术的出现使在原子水平研究物质的形貌成为可能,但该方法不能同时获得原子/分子的化学信息。针尖增强拉曼光谱(TERS)技术则集两者于一身,已被广泛用于物质的单分子物理化学性质的研究。本文在回顾TERS及相关技术发展的基础上,介绍了TERS技术的原理及性能,简述了TERS技术用于单分子研究的部分典型结果,并展望了该技术的发展前景。     

Theoretical consideration on preparing silver particle films by adsorbing nanoparticles from bulk colloids to an air-water interface

In our previous paper, a method for preparing enormous surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrates through the aggregation of silver particles trapped at an air-water interface was reported. Here, further efforts were devoted to investigate the origin of assembling silver particle films by adsorbing nanoparticles from bulk colloids to the air-water interface. It was revealed that it is thermodynamically favorable for a colloidal particle in bulk colloids to adsorb to the air-water interface; however, a finite sorption barrier between it and the nearby particles usually restrains the adsorption process. When an electrolyte such as KCl, which is commonly used as an activating agent for additional SERS enhancement, was added into silver colloids, it largely reduced the sorption barrier. Thus, silver nanoparticles can break through the sorption barrier, pop up, and be trapped at the air-water interface. The trapped silver particles are more inclined to aggregate at the interface than those in bulk colloids due to the increase of van der Waals forces and the reduction of electrostatic forces. The morphology of the as-prepared silver particle films was characterized by scanning electron microscope, and their SERS activity was tested using NaSCN as a probe molecule. The surface enhancement of the silver particle films is about 1-2 orders of magnitude higher compared with that of silver colloids, because most of the silver particles in the films are in the aggregation form that provides enormous SERS enhancement. Furthermore, the stability of such type of films is much better that of colloid solutions.     

Silver CD-R based substrate as a SERS active material

A silver Compact Disc Recortable (CD-R) based substrate has been proposed as an alternative to silver colloids as active material successfully used in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDXS) measurements revealed that silver nanoparticles are present over the entire surface of the uncovered reflective layer of commonly used CD-R. The process of preparation of the CD-R based surface is simple, fast and repeatable. Recorded Raman spectra of 10 µM Rhodamine 6G applied to the substrate corroborate strong enhancement of Raman signal. The maximum value of EF was calculated to be about 5.76 × 10⁶. Raman maps are consistent with SEM micrographs and confirmed the presence of a numerous SERS hot spots occurring on the trucks of CD-R based substrate.     

Enhancement mechanism of SERS from cyanine dyes adsorbed on Ag2O colloids

Surface enhancement mechanism of Raman scattering from molecules adsorbed on silver oxide colloids is reported. Absorption spectra and Raman spectra of the cyanine dye D266 and pyridine molecules adsorbed on Ag₂O colloids, and the influences of S₂O₃²⁻ and OH⁻ on the SERS are studied respectively. The results indicate that ‘chemical' enhancement is dominant in Ag₂O colloidal solution. Surface complexes of adsorbed molecules and small silver ion clusters Ag_n⁺ as the SERS active sites make an important contribution to surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). At these active sites, charge transfer between the adsorbed molecules and the small silver ion clusters is the main enhancement origin. The enhancement factor of D266 adsorbed on Ag₂O colloids is theoretically estimated with the excited-state charge transfer model, which is roughly in accordance with the experiments.     

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy based on conical holed enhancing substrates

In this contribution, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) based on conical holed glass substrates deposited with silver colloids was reported for the first time. It combines the advantages of both dry SERS assays based on plane films deposited with silver colloids and wet SERS assays utilizing cuvettes or capillary tubes. Compared with plane glass substrates deposited with silver colloids, the conical holed glass substrates deposited with silver colloids exhibited five-to ten-folds of increase in the rate of signal enhancement, due to the internal multiple reflections of both the excitation laser beam and the Raman scattering photons within conical holes. The application of conical holed glass substrates could also yield significantly stronger and more reproducible SERS signals than SERS assays utilizing capillary tubes to sample the mixture of silver colloids and the solution of the analyte of interest. The conical holed glass substrates in combination with the multiplicative effects model for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (MEM_SERS) achieved quite sensitive and precise quantification of 6-mercaptopurine in complex plasma samples with an average relative prediction error of about 4% and a limit of detection of about 0.02 μM using a portable i-Raman 785H spectrometer. It is reasonable to expect that SERS technique based on conical holed enhancing substrates in combination with MEM_SERS model can be developed and extended to other application areas such as drug detection, environmental monitoring, and clinic analysis, etc.     

Raman and surface enhanced Raman microscopy of microstructured polyethylenimine/DNA multilayers

We analyze microstructured multilayer films of poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) and DNA by employing Raman and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). The microstructuring of the samples allows a simultaneous measurement of signal and reference in a single analytic process. Silver nanoparticles are implemented in the microstructured multilayers for SERS measurements. The recorded SERS spectra of PEI/DNA are dominated by the Raman bands of the DNA bases which show a larger mean enhancement than bands belonging to DNA backbone vibrations. Our results show that the combination of SERS and microstructured multilayer films provides an adapted way to characterize the polyelectrolytes as well as to measure the enhancement factor and the distance dependence for the SERS active silver nanoparticles. Furthermore, microstructured polyelectrolyte films containing SERS active nanoparticles are used for sensing molecules.     

Comparison of Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Spectra of Two Kinds of Silver Nanoplate Films

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS) spectra of different silver nanoplate self-assembled films at different excitation wavelengths were fairly compared. Shape conversion from silver nanoprisms to nanodisks on slides was in situ carried out. The SERS spectra of 4-mercaptopyridine(4-MPY) on these anisotropic silver nanoparticle self-assembled films present that strong enhancement appeared when the excitation line and the surface plasmon resonance(SPR) band of silver substrate overlapped. In this model, the influence of the crystal planes of silver nanoplates on SERS enhancement could be ignored because the basal planes were nearly unchanged in two kinds of silver nanoplate self-assembled films.     

Surface enhanced Raman scattering based on silver dendrites substrate

A simple method of the reduction of AgNO3 by copper foil in aqueous medium was used to prepare silver dendrites, which can be used as a novel good reproducible surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrate. The SERS spectra of 4-pyridinethiol on this novel substrate reflected the different SERS activities on the minuteness and strong Ag dendrites. The electromagnetic coupling enhancement and chemical enhancement mechanisms are used to explain the SERS effect.     

In situ laser-induced photochemical silver substrate synthesis and sequential SERS detection in a flow cell

A new, simple, and effective approach for multianalyte sequential surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection in a flow cell is reported. The silver substrate was prepared in situ by laser-induced photochemical synthesis. By focusing the laser on the 320 μm inner diameter glass capillary at 0.5 ml/min continuous flow of 1 mM silver nitrate and 10 mM sodium citrate mixture, a SERS active silver spot on the inner wall of the glass capillary was prepared in a few seconds. The test analytes, dacarbazine, 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) complex with Cu(II), and amoxicillin, were sequentially injected into the flow cell. Each analyte was adsorbed to the silver surface, enabling the recording of high intensity SERS spectra even at 2 s integration times, followed by desorption from the silver surface and being washed away from the capillary. Before and after each analyte passed the detection window, citrate background spectra were recorded, and thus, no “memory effects” perturbed the SERS detection. A good reproducibility of the SERS spectra obtained under flow conditions was observed. The laser-induced photochemically synthesized silver substrate enables high Raman enhancement, is characterized by fast preparation with a high success rate, and represents a valuable alternative for silver colloids as SERS substrate in flow approaches.     

Novel Silver/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanocomposites for Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering‐Active Substrates

Summary: Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)‐active substrates with high enhancement were prepared by an in situ reduction method. Novel silver/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanocomposite films were obtained, in which the silver nitrate, poly(γ‐glutamic acid) (PGA), and PVA acted as precursor, stabilizer, and polyol reducant, respectively. The UV‐visible spectra of the as‐fabricated films showed that the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorption band was narrow and of a stronger intensity, which indicates that the Ag nanoparticle size distribution on the substrate was highly uniform. This finding was further confirmed by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and field‐emission scanning electron microscope (FE‐SEM) measurements. It was found that a PGA‐stabilized PVA nanocomposite film revealed the presence of well‐dispersed spherical silver nanoparticles with an average diameter of 90 nm. The new substrate presents high SERS enhancement and the enhanced factor is estimated to be 10⁶ for the detection of benzoic acid.

The Raman scattering enhancement factor for the Raman spectra of benzoic acid on the various nanocomposite films.     

A facile chemical approach for preparing a SERS active silver substrate

This communication describes a new surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active silver substrate prepared by iodination of the evaporated silver foil. After iodination, the morphology of the silver substrate undergoes a self-evolution process in which it displays accordingly the UV-vis absorption shift as well as the AFM topological test. Rhodamine 6G (R6G) is used as the probe molecule to evaluate the enhancement efficiency of the silver substrate at different self-evolution time intervals. The SERS intensity of R6G increases up to ～29-fold and reaches a maximum after the substrate evolved for 24 h. This method is feasible for the production of an efficient SERS silver substrate.