Quantitative analysis of methyl green using surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering

Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) spectra of aqueous solutions of the triphenylmethane dye methyl green have been obtained for the first time by use of citrate-reduced silver colloids and a laser excitation wavelength of 632.8 nm. Given the highly fluorescent nature of the analyte, which precluded collection of normal Raman spectra of the dye in solution and powdered state, it was highly encouraging that SERRS spectra showed no fluorescence due to quenching by the silver sol. The pH conditions for SERRS were optimised over the pH range 0.5–10 and the biggest enhancement for SERRS of this charged dye was found to be at pH 2.02, thus this condition was used for quantitative analysis. SERRS was found to be highly sensitive and enabled quantitative determination of methyl green over the range 10⁻⁹ to 10⁻⁷ mol dm⁻³. Good fits to correlation coefficients were obtained over this range using the areas under the vibrational bands at 1615 and 737 cm⁻¹. Finally, a limit of detection of 83 ppb was calculated, demonstrating the sensitivity of the technique.     

Monitoring cell culture media degradation using surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy

The quality of the cell culture media used in biopharmaceutical manufacturing is a crucial factor affecting bioprocess performance and the quality of the final product. Due to their complex composition these media are inherently unstable, and significant compositional variations can occur particularly when in the prepared liquid state. For example photo-degradation of cell culture media can have adverse effects on cell viability and thus process performance. There is therefore, from quality control, quality assurance and process management view points, an urgent demand for the development of rapid and inexpensive tools for the stability monitoring of these complex mixtures. Spectroscopic methods, based on fluorescence or Raman measurements, have now become viable alternatives to more time-consuming and expensive (on a unit analysis cost) chromatographic and/or mass spectrometry based methods for routine analysis of media. Here we demonstrate the application of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy for the simple, fast, analysis of cell culture media degradation. Once stringent reproducibility controls are implemented, chemometric data analysis methods can then be used to rapidly monitor the compositional changes in chemically defined media. SERS shows clearly that even when media are stored at low temperature (2–8 °C) and in the dark, significant chemical changes occur, particularly with regard to cysteine/cystine concentration.     

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.     

拉曼光谱技术在现场快检分析领域中的应用

拉曼光谱技术以其操作简单、无损、快速、需样量少和适合含水体系分析等独特优势,加之表面增强拉曼散射技术的高灵敏特性,现已广泛应用于现场快检分析领域。该文从直接检测和间接检测两个方面,通过分析食品安全、刑事侦查、医药管理、环境监测等领域的典型示例,对拉曼光谱技术在现场快检领域中的应用及其研究进展进行了归纳总结,并展望了其在现场快检领域中的发展趋势。     

Quantitative detection of dye labelled DNA using surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) from silver nanoparticles

The detection of dye labelled DNA by surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) is reported. The dye labels used are commercially available and have not previously been used as SERRS dyes. Detection limits using two excitation frequencies were determined for each label. This expands the range of labels which can be used for surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering with silver nanoparticles.     

表面增强拉曼光谱在食品安全分析中的应用

拉曼光谱技术具有样品用量少、快速高效、无损分析等特点,表面增强拉曼光谱克服了常规拉曼光谱灵敏度低的缺点,可以获得更多物质结构信息,在现场快速筛查、检测和鉴别农兽残、限用或禁用添加剂分析检测中具有广阔的应用前景。本文综述了表面增强拉曼光谱在食品中农药残留、兽药残留和限/禁用添加剂检测中的研究进展,并展望了其发展前景。     

Effect of layer structures of gold nanoparticle films on surface enhanced Raman scattering

Using a method of collecting nanoparticles at a water/hexane interface in a close-packed monolayer film and transferring such films onto a solid substrate, three-dimensional multilayer films of nanoparticles were formed. The packed nanoparticles were gold nanospheres (NS) with a 26 nm diameter or gold nanorods (NR) with a 31 nm diameter and 74 nm length. We investigated variations in the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) intensities from such nanoparticle films as the layer compositions were changed. The films stacked with NR layers generated much higher SERS intensity than those of NS layers. The SERS intensities from both kinds of films increased as the number of layers were increased. However, when the NR layer and NS layer were stacked alternately, SERS intensity varied in a zigzag fashion. It was found that the structure of top layer plays a distinguishable role in generating strong SERS enhancement while the lower layers contribute to SERS with less dependency on structures. Interlayer coupling as well as intralayer coupling was considered in order to explain the observations.     

Non-labeling multiplex surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

In this paper, we report multiplex SERS based VOCs detection with a leaning nano-pillar substrate. The VOCs analyte molecules adsorbed at the tips of the nano-pillars produced SERS signal due to the field enhancement occurring at the localized surface plasmon hot spots between adjacent leaning nano-pillars. In this experiment, detections of acetone and ethanol vapor at different concentrations were demonstrated. The detection limits were found to be 0.0017 ng and 0.0037 ng for ethanol and acetone vapor molecules respectively. Our approach is a non-labeling method such that it does not require the incorporation of any chemical sensing layer for the enrichment of gas molecules on sensor surface. The leaning nano-pillar substrate also showed highly reproducible SERS signal in cyclic VOCs detection, which can reduce the detection cost in practical applications. Further, multiplex SERS detection on different combination of acetone and ethanol vapor was also successfully demonstrated. The vibrational fingerprints of molecular structures provide specific Raman peaks for different VOCs contents. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first multiplex VOCs detection using SERS. We believe that this work may lead to a portable device for multiplex, specific and highly sensitive detection of complex VOCs samples that can find potential applications in exhaled breath analysis, hazardous gas analysis, homeland security and environmental monitoring.     

表面增强拉曼光谱检测联苯胺

采用柠檬酸钠还原法制备了具有表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)活性的银纳米溶胶, 利用透射电子显微镜、 扫描电子显微镜和紫外-可见光谱仪对银纳米溶胶进行了表征. 对水相的联苯胺进行了SERS研究, 并对联苯胺的拉曼谱带进行了归属. 考察了团聚剂氯化镁的浓度对检测的影响, 发现随着氯化镁浓度的变大, SERS信号呈现出先增大后减弱的趋势, 即氯化镁的浓度存在一个最佳值, 此时联苯胺的检测限可达到10^-8 mol/L.     

标记免疫双组分的SERS检测研究

以金膜为免疫检测的基底, 采用自组装技术(Self-assembled monolayer, SAM)将ω-巯基十六酸(16-MHA)修饰于金膜后与抗体结合成固相抗体, 在此基础上组装“固相抗体-待测抗原-标记免疫金溶胶”三明治复合体系. 采用不同标记分子苯硫酚(Thiophenol)和4,4'-联吡啶(4,4'-Bipyridine)分别标记不同的免疫金溶胶, 利用表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)谱峰较窄且具有较强的分辨率及高灵敏度的特点, 通过对两种标记分子特征谱峰的判断识别所加入的两种抗原. 通过选择合适的标记分子和一定尺度的免疫溶胶, 标记免疫SERS检测的检测限可达到飞克级(1—100 fg/mL).     

A fast and low‐cost spray method for prototyping and depositing surface‐enhanced Raman scattering arrays on microfluidic paper based device

In this study, a fast, low‐cost, and facile spray method was proposed. This method deposits highly sensitive surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on the paper‐microfluidic scheme. The procedures for substrate preparation were studied including different strategies to synthesize AgNPs and the optimization of spray cycles. In addition, the morphologies of the different kinds of paper substrates were characterized by SEM and investigated by their SERS signals. The established method was found to be favorable for obtaining good sensitivity and reproducible results. The RSDs of Raman intensity of randomly analyzing 20 spots on the same paper or different filter papers depositing AgNPs are both below 15%. The SERS enhancement factor is approximately 2 × 10⁷. The whole fabrication is very rapid, robust, and does not require specific instruments. Furthermore, the total cost for 1000 pieces of chip is less than $20. These advantages demonstrated the potential for growing SERS applications in the area of environmental monitoring, food safety, and bioanalysis in the future.     

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.     

基于表面增强拉曼光谱技术对医疗美容产品中正壬酸香草酰胺的快速检测

以银纳米线为拉曼基底,运用表面增强拉曼光谱技术(SERS)建立了对发热剂中正壬酸香草酰胺的检测方法。采用简便有效的两步滴加多元醇法制备了具有SERS活性的银纳米线,利用扫描电镜和紫外-可见光谱仪对银纳米线进行了表征。对正壬酸香草酰胺进行了SERS研究并对正壬酸香草酰胺的SERS谱带进行了归属。正壬酸香草酰胺的质量浓度在1～1.0×10^-8mg/L范围内与其在1588 cm^-1处的SERS特征峰强度有良好的线性关系,方法的最低检出浓度可达0.66 pg/L。对样品进行前处理后,运用加标回收法考察其回收率。该方法可以用于发热剂中正壬酸香草酰胺的检测。     

Efficient immobilization of silver nanoparticles on metal substrates through various thiol molecules to utilize a gap mode in surface enhanced Raman scattering

To utilize a gap mode in surface enhanced Raman scattering, we elucidated the interaction between adsorbed species and Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs). Various thiol molecules such as normal alkanethiols, thiols with a phenyl, cyclohexane or naphthalene ring on Ag films immobilized AgNPs through van der Waals force, and electrostatic interaction. Immobilized AgNPs provided enormous Raman enhancement by a factor of 10⁷–10¹⁰ for thiol molecules at a nanogap, in consistent with that anticipated by finite difference time domain calculations. Only alkanethiols with a tert-methyl group and those with a carboxylic group did not immobilize any AgNPs probably owing to steric hindrance. A gap mode is relevant for a variety of metals even with large damping like Pt and Fe, indicating a crucial role of electric multipoles in AgNPs generated by a localized surface plasmon and induced mirror images in metal substrates for markedly enhanced electric field at a nanogap.     

Determination of carbendazim in tea using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS) is applied to detect the concentration of carbendzim(CBZ) in tea leaves. Au colloid is selected and used for active surfaces, and the extraction conditions are optimized in the experiment. The linearity range for the SERS intensity and the concentration of CBZ is found to be0.5 to 8 mg kgà1. The detection limit for CBZ is 0.1 mg kgà1and its recovery in tea samples is 72.3%. The detection results for CBZ using this method are compared with those of HPLC, and no obvious difference can be found. In addition, by dripping the condensed Au colloid on the tea leaves, the proposed SERS approach could be used to the in-situ determination of the half life period of CBZ on tea leaves.     

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.     

Stability of dye-sensitized solar cell under reverse bias condition: Resonance Raman spectroscopy combined with spectrally resolved analysis by transmittance and efficiency mapping

In this work, resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS) together with a spectrally resolved analysis by transmittance and efficiency mapping (SATEM) have been applied as a powerful tool to detect and to understand deeply the degradation mechanisms suffered by a series-connected dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) in a module under real working condition. When shadowing phenomena occur on the module, the shadowed cell works as a load rather than as a generator and suffers reverse bias (RB) condition that induces a progressive degradation until the complete device⬢s breakdown. The reported analysis follows the degradation processes involving both the electrolyte solution and the sensitizer during the aging time. In particular, polyiodides formation has been pointed out as crucial triiodide depletion mechanism in the electrolyte solution leading to a strong unbalance in the redox couple and to a slowdown in dye regeneration process. The final device breakdown occurs when hydrogen production within the electrolyte solution causes the breaking of the sealing and the partial electrolyte leakage from the active area. RRS demonstrated the irreversible structural changes suffered by dye molecules during this final stage by identifying the main degradation products. Finally, a spectrally resolved comparison between incident to photon current conversion efficiency (IPCE) for photo (PE) and counter electrode (CE) illumination were used, along with transmittance analysis, in order to derive detailed information about the structural modification suffered by the cell constituents. The combination between SATEM and RRS techniques exhaustively provided a deep comprehension of the DSC degradation processes by giving a route to further stabilize the devices for a feasible next commercialization.     

表面增强拉曼光谱技术在快速、灵敏检测食源性致病菌中的应用

食源性致病菌的快速、灵敏检测是食品和药品安全领域关注的重点.表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)技术凭借其检测速度快、信息丰富、灵敏度高、无损等优势在食源性致病菌的快速、灵敏检测中受到广泛关注.本文从SERS检测基底材料入手,综述了液相基底、刚性固相基底、柔性固相基底等材料的特点和性能,并对其在致病菌快速、灵敏检测中的应用进行...