Ag/SBA-15表面催化过程的现场SERS研究

以三嵌段共聚物P₁₂₃为模板剂, 正硅酸乙酯为硅源, 水热合成了介孔分子筛SBA-15, 通过对SBA-15内外表面修饰, 使用银氨溶液和硝酸银溶液作为金属源合成Ag/SBA-15, 透射电镜(TEM)研究表明在SBA-15孔道内较好地分散了颗粒状和棒状的Ag纳米粒子. 以苯硫酚作为探针分子, 研究了负载Ag纳米粒子的SBA-15的SERS效应, 结果表明Ag/SBA-15具有良好的SERS活性. 另外, 该材料对催化硼氢化钠还原对硝基苯酚具有良好的催化效果, 通过结合现场SERS技术, 研究了该催化过程的机理.     

Raman investigations of SERS activity of Ag nanoclusters on a TiO2-nanotubes/Ti substrate

Tubular arrays of TiO₂ nanotubes (ranging in diameter from 40 to 110 nm) on a Ti substrate were used as a support for Ag deposits obtained by the sputter deposition technique where the amount of Ag varied from 0.01 to 0.2 mg Ag/cm². Those composite supports were intended for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) investigations. Composite samples of Ag/TiO₂ nanotube/Ti were studied with the aid of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) to reveal their characteristic morphological and chemical features. Raman spectra of pyridine (as a probe molecule) were measured at different cathodic potentials ranging from −0.2 down to −1.2 V after the pyridine had been adsorbed on the Ag-covered TiO₂ nanotube/Ti substrates. In addition, SERS spectra on a bulk standard activated Ag substrate were also measured.The SERS activity of the composite samples was strongly dependent on the amount of Ag deposit. At and above 0.06 mg Ag/cm², the SERS signal was even higher than that for the Ag reference substrate. The high activity of the composites is mainly a result of their specific morphology. The high SERS sensitivity on the surface morphology made it possible to monitor very small temporal changes in the Ag clusters. This rearrangement was not detectable with microscopic (SEM) or microanalytical (AES) methods.     

铬酸根离子的SERS检测及磁分离研究

介绍了一种基于表面增强拉曼光谱技术(SERS)的简单快速检测低浓度铬酸根离子的方法. 通过介质中水与铬酸根离子以及修饰在金基底和金纳米粒子表面的羧酸根形成氢键而构建“巯基苯甲酸-金基底/铬酸根-水/巯基苯甲酸-金纳米粒子”三明治结构. 通过检测标记分子的SERS信号判断溶液中是否存在铬酸根离子. 研究表明标记分子的SERS强度与铬酸根离子的浓度有关, 随浓度增加SERS强度呈非线性增强, 在10^－9 mol/L出现转折点. 利用以上三明治结构, 通过引入功能化的Fe₂O₃@Au核壳磁性纳米粒子, 利用外加磁场可富集分离溶液中的铬酸根离子, 经SERS 检测表明10^－5 mol/L的铬酸根离子磁分离后其浓度降低了约4～6个数量级.     

Tailoring Size and Coverage Density of Silver Nanoparticles on Monodispersed Polymer Spheres as Highly Sensitive SERS Substrates

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were deposited onto the monodispersed carboxylic polystyrene (CPS) spheres by an improved in situ reduction method. The size and coverage density of the AgNPs on the surface of CPS spheres could be easily tailored by tuning the concentrations of carboxylic functional groups and silver precursor. The morphologies and structures of the resulting CPS/Ag hybrid particles were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), UV‐Vis‐NIR spectrometer and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), etc. The surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) performances of the resulting uniform CPS/Ag hybrid particles were investigated using 4‐aminobenzenethiol (4‐ABT) as the probe molecule. The optimized CPS/Ag hybrid particles show high enhancement factor (EF) of 2.71×10⁷, low limit of detection (LOD) of 10^?10 m and good reproducibility with relative standard deviation (RSD) of 9.64 %. The good SERS improvement properties demonstrate these hybrid particles could be employed as simple and effective substrates in the SERS spectroscopy.     

Plasmonic Spherical Nanoparticles Coupled with Titania Nanotube Arrays Prepared by Anodization as Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Applications: A Review

As surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) continues developing to be a powerful analytical tool for several probes, four important aspects to make it more accessible have to be addressed: low-cost, reproducibility, high sensibility, and recyclability. Titanium dioxide nanotubes (TiO₂ NTs) prepared by anodization have attracted interest in this field because they can be used as safe solid supports to deposit metal nanoparticles to build SERS substrate nanoplatforms that meet these four desired aspects. TiO₂ NTs can be easily prepared and, by varying different synthesis parameters, their dimensions and specific features of their morphology can be tuned allowing them to support metal nanoparticles of different sizes that can achieve a regular dispersion on their surface promoting high enhancement factors (EF) and reproducibility. Besides, the TiO₂ photocatalytic properties enable the substrate’s self-cleaning property for recyclability. In this review, we discuss the different methodological strategies that have been tested to achieve a high performance of the SERS substrates based on TiO₂ NTs as solid support for the three main noble metal nanoparticles mainly studied for this purpose: Ag, Au, and Pt.     

水溶液中碳纳米管的表面增强拉曼光谱研究

合成了碳纳米管和金纳米颗粒的复合物, 测量了水溶液相中复合物的表面增强拉曼光谱, 结果表明, 碳纳米管的巯基化修饰可以提高碳纳米管与金纳米颗粒复合的效率, 随着金纳米颗粒负载量的增加, 碳纳米管的拉曼信号逐渐增强. 加入己二胺分子可以减小金纳米颗粒之间的距离使表面增强效应更显著, 碳纳米管的拉曼光谱得到进一步的增强. 还可进一步在复合体系中加入对巯基苯胺和罗丹明B等小分子拉曼探针, 利用金纳米颗粒的表面增强效应, 这种多元复合体系有望作为多通道拉曼成像探针材料.     

磁性Fe_2O_3/Au/Ag复合纳米粒子的制备及其富集作用研究

利用种子生长法制备了磁性Fe2O3/Au/Ag复合纳米粒子,采用UV-vis和SEM对其光学性质以及表面结构的变化进行了表征.通过调节硝酸银的用量,制备了一系列具有不同Ag壳层厚度和表面结构的双金属外壳纳米粒子.以苯硫酚(TP)为探针分子,研究了不同Ag壳厚度的磁性纳米粒子的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)活性.结果表明其SERS活性与表面结构的改变有关,在同时出现Ag和Au光学性质的Fe2O3/Au/Ag复合纳米粒子表面可观察到最强的SERS效应,这与表面的针孔效应以及Ag和Au之间的耦合增强作用有关.考察了Fe2O3/Au/Ag复合纳米粒子的磁富集作用,并利用SERS原位监测磁富集溶液中低浓度TP的能力,研究结果表明通过磁富集可提高SERS检测限,并且Fe2O3/Au/Ag的磁富集能力较Fe2O3/Au弱,但前者SERS信号较强.     

基于功能化Fe3O4@Ag纳米粒子快速检测H92+的SERS方法

近年来,汞作为一种重要的污染物引起了人们的广泛关注.迄今为止,基于表面增强拉曼光谱（Surface-enhanced Raman scattering,SERS）的Hg²⁺检测方法因其在不同的检测方法中具有高灵敏度而备受关注.基于“turn-off”机制,我们合成出一种磁性Fe₃O₄@Ag（FA）纳米材料用于Hg²⁺的SERS检测.磁等离子体共振纳米颗粒结合了磁共振和等离子体共振特性,可用于高灵敏度和高选择性的汞离子的SERS检测.通过修饰带正电的聚二烯丙基二甲基氯化铵（PDADMAC,PolyDADMAC,PDDA）层,Fe₃O₄@Ag表面吸附上带负电的甲基橙探针分子,在Hg²⁺存在的情况下,可以观察到SERS信号显著降低.由于Hg²⁺与Ag纳米颗粒会快速反应并在Ag纳米颗粒表面形成一层汞齐,从而影响了Ag纳米颗粒的表面等离子体共振（Surface Plasmon Resonance,SPR）性能,导致电磁场强度的减弱;同时,这样也会导致Ag纳米颗粒的表面Zeta电位的降低,并且影响拉曼探针分子在其表面的吸附,从而进一步导致SERS信号的降低.因此,在含有Hg²⁺的情况下,SERS强度的降低主要归因于Hg²⁺与AgNPs的相互作用.通过我们的实验可以证明,基于“turn-off”机制检测Hg²⁺的方法的检测限可以低至10^-10 mol/L.本实验设计的SERS纳米传感器可用于快速检测环境中Hg²⁺,为构建重金属离子SERS纳米传感器提供了巨大的潜力.     

Significance of chemical enhancement effects in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signals of aniline and aminobiphenyl isomers

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering is a useful technique for detecting low levels of aromatic amines as environmental contaminants because it can be used to detect and distinguish among their isomers based on their distinctive SERS spectra. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of measuring the concentrations of aminobiphenyls (ABPs) including 4-ABP, 3-ABP, and 2-ABP down to the levels of about 5, 50, and 250 μg/mL, respectively. The SERS signal intensities of ABPs are dependent on the pH values of the samples and colloidal media. The optimal sample pH values were found to be 6.86, 7.83, and 7.36, for 2-ABP, 3-ABP, and 4-ABP, respectively, whereas the optimum silver colloidal pH ranges from 5.0 to 6.5. A detailed analysis of the different vibrational modes of aniline and the ABP isomers was carried out using computational modeling based on the density functional theory (DFT). Compared to aniline, the ABPs produced greater SERS enhancement of the intensities for the biphenyl ring-breathing mode. The SERS signal for the NH₂ wagging band shows the order of enhancement as given by 4-ABP > 2-ABP > 3-ABP, which correlates well with the HOMO-LUMO energy gap based on the DFT modeling of the amines adsorbed on the silver cluster.     

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.     

氧化石墨烯/金银纳米粒子复合材料的制备及其SERS效应研究

近年来,氧化石墨烯/金银纳米粒子复合材料由于其优异的表面增强拉曼散射（SERS）性能引起了人们极大的关注,在污染物检测、化学传感和癌症诊断等领域具有重要的应用价值。本文综述了氧化石墨烯片层上修饰金银纳米粒子、氧化石墨烯包覆金银纳米粒子、氧化石墨烯附着在金银纳米粒子层三种氧化石墨烯/金银纳米粒子复合材料的制备方法,对其SERS效应进行了详细介绍。SERS研究表明,结合了金银纳米粒子与氧化石墨烯两种材料各自在SERS研究与应用中的优势,氧化石墨烯/金银纳米粒子复合材料的SERS性能比单纯金银纳米粒子更加优异。氧化石墨烯在其中起到了化学增强、分子富集、钝化保护、荧光猝灭的重要作用。氧化石墨烯/金银纳米粒子复合材料在表面增强拉曼光谱中具有广阔的应用前景。     

A high sensitive assay platform based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering for quantification of protease activity

In this study, a new, sensitive, and rapid assay was developed to quantitatively measure the proteolytic enzyme activity using the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) probe. Two different shapes of gold nanoparticles, gold nanosphere and nanorod particles were produced. SERS label, comprising self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of Raman reporter molecule (5,5-Dithiobis (2-Nitrobenzoic acid), DTNB), was coated on the surface of the nanoparticles. Two different SERS-based analysis platforms were designed using gold-coated glass slide and polystyrene microtiter plate. The calibration curves were obtained by plotting the intensity of the SERS signal of symmetric NO₂ stretching of DTNB at 1326 cm⁻¹vs. the protease concentration. The effects of nanoparticle geometry and assay platform on the protease assay were investigated and the best working combination of the parameters was selected as rod shaped SERS probe and gold-coated glass slide. The correlation between the protease activity and SERS signal was found to be linear within the range of 0.1-2 mU/mL (R² = 0.979). The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) values of the validated method were found as 0.43 and 1.30 mU/mL, respectively. The intra-day and inter-day precisions of the method, as relative standard deviation (RSD), were determined as 2.5% and 3.6%, respectively. The developed method was successfully applied for quantitative analysis of the commercial enzyme preparate that is used in cheese making process. It was also used for investigation of substrate specificity of protease enzyme towards the casein and bovine serum albumin. The proposed method has a flexibility to try different substrates for the detection of various enzyme activities.     

Au/Ag复合纳米笼在表面增强拉曼光谱中的应用

表面增强拉曼光谱（SERS）技术是一种基于贵金属纳米结构基底对被检测物进行高灵敏度检测的一种方法.具有特殊纳米结构的贵金属表面受到激光的照射时，金属表面的自由电子会受到极大的振荡，当入射光频率与振荡频率相近时，则会发生表面等离子体共振现象（SPR），使金属表面的局域电场强度极大增强，入射光强度和散射光强度都得到成倍的放大，从而使吸附在贵金属纳米结构表面的分子的拉曼散射信号得到有效的增强.使用NaBH₄还原-酸刻蚀模板法，制备了八面体Au/Ag复合纳米笼，其形貌规整，尺寸均匀约为600 nm，无Cu₂O模板的残留，Au元素均匀负载在Ag纳米笼上，质量分数约为16.8%；Au/Ag复合纳米笼的紫外可见吸收峰相对于Ag纳米笼发生了红移，更重要的是，Au和Ag元素协同赋予了复合纳米笼超高的SERS灵敏度和重复性，Au/Ag复合纳米笼实现了对罗丹明6G的痕量检测（5×10^-14 mol/L），通过时域有限差分法（FDTD）模拟证实：这主要归因于等离子共振作用产生的高电磁场强度；此外，Au元素的加入使Au/Ag复合纳米笼具有优异的抗氧化性和化学稳定性，即使在1%的H₂O₂溶液中浸泡3 h，仍然能够保持优异的SERS性能.八面体Au/Ag复合纳米笼有望成为一种具有应用前景的高灵敏度、高稳定性的SERS基底.     

Silver Nanostructures on Graphene Oxide as the Substrate for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

Nanosized surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates fabricated by the controlled growth of metal nanostructures on water-dispersed two-dimensional nanomaterials can open a new avenue for SERS analysis of liquid samples in biological fields. In this work, regular and uniform Ag nanostructures were grown on the surface of graphene oxide (GO) through a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers were assembled on the surface of GO to form GO/PAMAM templates for growing Ag nanostructures, which are primarily comprised of Ag dimers and trimers. The prepared Ag/GO nanocomposites are highly dispersed and stable in aqueous solution and may be used as substrates for enhanced Raman detection of rhodamine 6?G (R6G) in aqueous solution. This special substrate provides high-performance SERS and suppresses R6G fluorescence in aqueous solution and is promising as a nanosized material for the enhanced Raman detection of liquid samples in biological diagnostics.     

g-C3N4/Ag纳米复合材料表面增强拉曼基底对婴幼儿糖果中的罗丹明B的痕量检测

近年来, 由婴幼儿食品中存在非法添加剂所引起的食品安全问题已经受到了广泛的关注. 表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)技术可以对食品中被禁止添加的常用染料分子罗丹明B (RhB)进行快速无损超灵敏的检测. 通过在类石墨相氮化碳(g-C₃N₄)纳米片上组装Ag纳米粒子的方式构筑了g-C₃N₄/Ag复合材料, 并采用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、紫外可见近红外分光光度计(UV-Vis)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、荧光光谱仪和共聚焦显微拉曼光谱仪(Raman)对复合材料的形貌和结构进行了表征. g-C₃N₄纳米片不仅具有高度的离域π共轭体系和良好的吸附染料分子的性能, 而且可以作为Ag纳米粒子的载体, 使Ag纳米粒子均匀稳定地分散在其表面. 通过控制实验条件, 优化了测试过程中的pH及基底与RhB的结合时间, 详细探究pH对基底表面等离子共振的影响和对探针分子SERS强度的影响. 由于基底与探针分子之间的静电相互作用及π-π相互作用, 基底可以对阳离子染料进行大量地富集, 从而实现对其检测. 在最佳的实验条件下, 在1.0×10 ^–9~1.0×10 ^–6 mol/L浓度范围内, SERS强度与RhB浓度之间成线性关系, 最低检测限为0.39 nmol/L. 另外这种基底也可以对婴幼儿食用的棒棒糖中添加的RhB分子实现痕量检测. 总而言之, g-C₃N₄/Ag纳米复合物是一种均一、稳定、高灵敏的SERS基底, 可以简单快速地实现对罗丹明B的痕量检测.     

Highly Sensitive,Robust, and Recyclable TiO2/AgNP Substrate for SERS Detection

Label-free biosensors provide an important platform for detecting chemical and biological substances without needing extra labeling agents. Unlike surface-based techniques such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR), interference, and ellipsometry, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) possesses the advantage of monitoring analytes both on surfaces and in solutions. Increasing the SERS enhancement is crucial to preparing high-quality substrates without quickly losing their stability, sensitivity, and repeatability. However, fabrication methods based on wet chemistry, nanoimprint lithography, spark discharge, and laser ablation have drawbacks of waste of time, complicated processes, or nonreproducibility in surface topography. This study reports the preparation of recyclable TiO₂/Ag nanoparticle (AgNP) substrates by using simple arc ion plating and direct-current (dc) magnetron sputtering technologies. The deposited anatase-phased TiO₂ ensured the photocatalytic degradation of analytes. By measuring the Raman spectra of rhodamine 6G (R6G) in titrated concentrations, a limit of detection (LOD) of 10⁻⁸ M and a SERS enhancement factor (EF) of 1.01 × 10⁹ were attained. Self-cleaning was performed via UV irradiation, and recyclability was achieved after at least five cycles of detection and degradation. The proposed TiO₂/AgNP substrates have the potential to serve as eco-friendly SERS enhancers for label-free detection of various chemical and biological substances.     

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.     

Preparation, XRD and Raman spectroscopic studies on new compounds RE2Hf2O7 (RE=Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu, Y): Pyrochlores or defect-fluorite?

A series of compositions with the general formula RE₂Hf₂O₇ (RE=Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Y and Lu) was prepared by a standard solid-state route and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. As per theoretical modeling reported in literature, some of these materials were predicted to exist in pyrochlore lattice. However, a careful X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopic and synchrotron radiation-XRD study revealed that under the experimental conditions used in the present investigation, out of all the RE₂Hf₂O₇ samples only Dy₂Hf₂O₇ has got a tendency to form a pyrochlore structure. All the other (Ho, Er, Tm, Lu, Y) hafnates crystallize in a defect-fluorite structure. In order to further ascertain these inferences, a few more RE₂Hf₂O₇ samples (La, Nd, Sm) i.e., with larger RE³⁺ ions were also prepared and the results were compared.     

A Polypyrrole‐Imprinted Electrochemical Sensor Based on Nano‐SnO2/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Film Modified Carbon Electrode for the Determination of Oleanolic Acid

A sensitive molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor with specific recognition ability for oleanolic acid was synthesized by modification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) decorated with tin oxide nanoparticles (nano‐SnO₂/MWNTs) and polypyrrole‐imprinted polymer on a carbon electrode. The morphology and electrochemical performance of the imprinted sensor were investigated by using scanning electron microscope (SEM), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), cyclic voltammetry (CV), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and amperometric i–t curve. The results showed that the imprinted sensor displayed excellent selectivity toward oleanolic acid. A linear relationship between the response currents and oleanolic acid concentrations ranging from 5.0×10^?8 g/L to 2.0×10^?5 g/L was obtained for the imprinted sensor. The limit of detection (LOD) of the imprinted sensor toward oleanolic acid was calculated as 8.6×10^?9 g/L at a signal to noise ratio (S/N) of 3. This imprinted sensor was successfully applied to the determination of oleanolic acid in Acitinidia deliciosa root samples.