Designing the Hotspots Distribution by Anisotropic Growth

Changing the morphology of noble metal nanoparticles and polarization dependence of nanoparticles with different morphologies is an important part of further research on surface plasma enhancement. Therefore, we used the method based on Matlab simulation to provide a simple and effective method for preparing the morphologies of Au nanoparticles with different morphologies, and prepared the structure of Au nanoparticles with good uniformity and different morphologies by oblique angle deposition (OAD) technology. The change of the surface morphology of nanoparticles from spherical to square to diamond can be effectively controlled by changing the deposition angle. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method was used to simulate the electromagnetic fields of Au nanoparticles with different morphologies to explore the polarization dependence of nanoparticles with different shapes, which was in good agreement with Raman spectrum.     

基于SERS技术的核酸检测

表面增强拉曼散射（SERS）技术因其具有超灵敏和非破坏性的检测能力,在生命科学领域已经显示出巨大的应用潜力和研究价值。本文综述了SERS技术在核酸检测方面的最新研究进展,重点介绍了基于SERS技术的非标记型、标记型以及其他一些检测方法的原理及研究成果,并讨论了基于SERS的核酸检测技术有待进一步解决的关键问题。     

微流控SERS芯片的设计制备及其在细菌检测中的应用

微流控芯片分析平台与表面增强拉曼散射(Surface enhanced Raman scattering,SERS)光谱分析方法结合,充分利用了SERS法所具备的样品前处理简便、检测无损、成分辨识度高以及适宜水环境检测等优点,在生化分析检测领域备受关注。微流控SERS芯片设计及芯片上SERS增强基质的制备是构建微流控SERS芯片分析方法和系统的关键,也是提高检测灵敏度和可重复性的核心问题。该文在介绍微流控SERS芯片的基本构型和功能的基础上,重点综述了微流控SERS芯片上SERS基质的制备方法及其测试效果。基于微电子机械系统(Micro-Electro-mechanical-System,MEMS)加工技术制备的SERS基质,具有纳米粒径有序可控、便于集成制备但增强基质材料种类有限的特点;基于化学沉积和自组装等理化方法制备的SERS基质具有基质种类易拓展、成本低、与微流控通道结合方法灵活等特点。在这些基础上构建的微流控SERS芯片及其分析测试方法和系统,在细菌等许多生化检测领域显示出强大的发展潜力。     

氨基纳米磁球免疫电化学法检测甲胎蛋白的研究

提出了一种利用纳米磁球免疫分离,进行酶催化电化学检测甲胎蛋白的新方法。在自制含有活性氨基的纳米磁球表面,用戊二醛固化甲胎蛋白（AFP）抗体,利用免疫夹心反应原理,捕获溶液中的AFP抗原和标记有辣根过氧化物酶的AFP抗体。在外加磁场的作用下,抗体-抗原结合物从样品溶液中分离,在含有邻氨基苯酚和过氧化氢的底液中,生成具有电活性的化合物3-氨基吩呃嗪,用灵敏的示差脉冲伏安法测定。响应电流与AFP抗原浓度分别在1～5和5～400βg／L范围内呈线性关系,检出限达0．5βg／L。实验表明,该方法具有分离效率高、测定时间短、抗干扰性强等优点,尤其适用于分析复杂生物样品。应用此法于人血清样品中AFP的检测,灵敏度显著高于酶联免疫吸附法。     

Detection of Melamine in Powdered Milk Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering with No Pretreatment

We detected a trace amount of melamine in powdered milk using surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) on gold surfaces at an excitation wavelength of 632.8 nm. A detection limit of ～100 ppm (μg/g) melamine in milk was attained within a few minutes by the gold nanoparticle substrate from chemical reduction; whereas, better sensitivity, as low as ～200 ppb (ng/g), was achieved by the roughened gold substrate. Our method has the advantage of fast and sensitive detection of melamine in powdered milk without pre-treating the samples.     

Recent Advances in Plasmonic Nanostructures Applied for Label-free Single-cell Analysis

Cellular heterogeneity presents a major challenge in understanding the relationship between cells of particular genotype and response in disease. In order to characterize the cell-to-cell differences during the biochemical processes, single-cell analysis is necessary. Profiting from the unique localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and Mie scattering, plasmonic nanostructures have revealed stable and adjustable scattering signals, avoiding photobleaching, blinking and autofluorescence phenomenon. These characterizations are propitious to the dynamic trace and biological image of single living cells. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in plasmonic nanostructures applied for label-free detection and monitoring of target cells at single-cell level by using three different techniques, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), surface-enhanced Infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS), and dark-field microscopy. Various avenues to design plasmonic probes combining spectra and imaging for single-cell analysis are demonstrated as well. We hope this review can highlight the superiority of plasmonic nanostructures in single cellular analysis, and further motivate the development of label-free cell analysis technique to elucidate cellular diversity and heterogeneity.     

组蛋白乙酰化的耦合增强拉曼散射生物传感方法

提出了一种组蛋白乙酰化修饰检测的耦合增强拉曼散射生物传感新方法. 该方法以金纳米粒子为表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)基底, 表面修饰乙酰化组蛋白H3多肽为识别探针, 对甲氧基苯硫酚(4-MTP)为拉曼标记物, 制备了组蛋白乙酰化修饰检测的SERS纳米探针. 通过紫外可见吸收光谱与动态光散射分析, 证实了组蛋白乙酰化抗体可介导SERS纳米粒子发生可控组装与聚集, 使SERS纳米探针间发生局域电场共振耦合, 产生显著增强的SERS信号. 基于此, 通过待测抗原与SERS纳米探针对抗体的竞争性相互作用, 我们设计了组蛋白乙酰化修饰检测的竞争免疫SERS生物传感方法. 该法操作简便、快速、重现性好, 且裸眼即能进行可视化鉴定. 通过设计不同染料标记的SERS纳米探针, 该法有望实现多种组蛋白修饰的复合检测.     

Facile Synthesis of Porous Ag Crystals as SERS Sensor for Detection of Five Methamphetamine Analogs

Porous noble metal nanomaterials have attracted extensive attention due to their high specific surface area and surface plasmon resonance effect. However, it is difficult to form porous structures due to the high mobility and low reduction potential of noble metal precursors. In this article, we developed a facile method for preparing porous Ag with a controllable structure at room temperature. Two kinds of Ag crystals with different porous structures were successfully prepared by using AgCl cubes as sacrificial templates. Through the galvanic replacement reaction of Zn and AgCl, Ag crystals with a sponge-like porous structure were successfully prepared. Additionally, using NaBH₄ as the reducing agent, we prepared granular porous Ag cubes by optimizing the amount of reducing agent. Both the sponge-like and granular porous Ag cubes have clean and accessible surfaces. In addition, we used the prepared two porous Ag cubes as substrate materials for SERS detection of five kinds of methamphetamine analogs. The experimental results show that the enhancement effect of granular porous Ag is better than that of sponge-like porous Ag. Furthermore, we probed the hot spot distribution of granular porous Ag by Raman mapping. By using granular porous Ag as the substrate material, we have achieved trace detection of 5 kinds of methamphetamine analogs including Ephedrine, Amphetamine, N-Methyl-1-(benzofuran-5-yl)propan-2-amine (5-MAPB), N-Methyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)propan-2-amine (PMMA) and N-Methyl-1-(4-fluorophenyl)propan-2-amine (4-FMA). Furthermore, to achieve qualitative differentiation of analogs with similar structures we performed density functional theoretical (DFT) calculations on the Raman spectra of the above analogs. The DFT calculations provided the vibrational frequencies, Raman activities, and normal mode assignment for each analog, enabling the qualitative differentiation of the above analogs.     

金纳米粒子修饰的氨基硅胶整体柱的制备及超灵敏表面增强拉曼散射检测

采用溶胶-凝胶法结合超分子模板技术, 以四乙氧基硅烷(TEOS)和3-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APTES)作为反应前体, 以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTMAB)为超分子模板, 简单快速地制备了一种新型氨基硅胶整体柱, 通过氨基将金纳米粒子组装在整体柱材料孔表面并用于表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)光谱分析. 以对巯基苯胺(PATP)和结晶紫(CV)为拉曼探针, 考察了金纳米粒子修饰的氨基硅胶整体柱用作SERS活性基底的性能. 结果表明, 该整体柱基底具有良好的SERS增强效应, 可检测到的PATP和CV的最低浓度分别为10^-9和10^-11 mol/L. 与金溶胶SERS基底相比, 本文制备的整体柱基底的检测灵敏度显著提高, 并具有良好的信号均一性, 是一种具有现场痕量检测应用潜力的SERS活性基底.     

Fabrication of Self-Oscillating Micelles with a Built-In Oxidizing Agent

Various biological behaviors are fueled by “respiration”, which is an example of catabolism. So far, we have reported various self-oscillating soft materials exhibiting bioinspired dynamic movements. These autonomous polymer systems are driven by the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, which is analogous to the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle that is an integral part of respiration. However, in the BZ reaction, the external addition of an oxidizing agent is necessary to initiate the oxidation process, which is realized by intracellular moieties such as ubiquinone in living systems. Herein, we realized self-oscillating micelles that are driven without the external addition of an oxidizing agent. This was achieved by embedding the oxidizing source into the structure of the self-oscillating AB diblock copolymers. This strategy introduces a new function equivalent to intracellular oxidizing moieties, and is useful for the design of completely autonomous bioinspired materials.     

基于CiteSpace的磁性SERS检测技术研究态势分析

表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)具有灵敏度高、特异性强、操作简便、快速等优点,已成为近年来最有前景的分析工具之一.磁性纳米材料将贵金属的独特性能和磁性结合在一起,作为SERS基底检测痕量目标物被广泛研究.本文以1990～2020年间WOS核心数据库在SERS磁性纳米基底这一领域检索到的805条记录为研究对象,运用文献计量可...     

基于DNA四面体纳米结构探针的电化学生物传感器检测DNA甲基化

该文以DNA四面体纳米结构探针(TSP)为捕获探针,将辣根过氧化物酶标记的IgG抗体结合在纳米金颗粒表面(AuNPs-IgG-HRP)作为信号分子,构建了一种新型DNA甲基化电化学传感器。利用一步热变性法组装成TSP后,通过Au—S键固定在修饰纳米金颗粒的金电极表面,经过靶标DNA杂交、5-甲基胞嘧啶(5-mc)抗体及AuNPs-IgG-HRP结合后,用差分脉冲伏安法(DPV)进行检测。采用循环伏安法(CV)和电化学阻抗谱(EIS)对修饰电极的构建过程进行电化学表征。探究了杂交时间、5-mc抗体浓度、IgG-HRP加入体积、氢醌(HQ)和过氧化氢(H₂O₂)浓度对传感器的影响。在最佳条件下,该传感器对甲基化DNA的线性响应范围为1.0×10^-15～1.0×10^-10 mol/L,检出限(S/N=3)为4.4×10^-16 mol/L。该传感器具有良好的选择性和稳定性,为DNA甲基化检测提供了新方法。     

SERS-Active MIL-100(Fe) Sensory Array for Ultrasensitive and Multiplex Detection of VOCs

The application of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as SERS-active platforms in multiplex volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detection is still unexplored. Herein, we demonstrate that MIL-100 (Fe) serves as an ideal SERS substrate for the detection of VOCs. The limit of detection (LOD) of MIL-100(Fe) for toluene sensing can reach 2.5 ppm, and can be even further decreased to 0.48 ppb level when “hot spots” in between Au nanoparticles are employed onto MIL-100 (Fe) substrate, resulting in an enhancement factor of 10¹⁰. Additionally, we show that MIL-100(Fe) substrate has a unique “sensor array” property allowing multiplex VOCs detection, with great modifiability and expandability by doping with foreign metal elements. Finally, the MIL-100(Fe) platform is utilized to simultaneously detect the different gaseous indicators of lung cancer with a ppm detection limit, demonstrating its high potential for early diagnosis of lung cancer in vivo.     

表面等离子体共振传感技术和生物分析仪

表面等离子体共振（surface plasmon resonance, SPR）传感技术是生物化学分析领域常用的分析手段和研究工具,与其相关的研究不计其数,发展日新月异。本研究小组从事SPR传感技术研究近十年,从初期的理论研究、仿真计算、传感器设计以及全自动SPR生物分析仪开发与应用研究,到目前的传感器性能提高、应用拓展,时刻关注着该项技术的最新动态。本文系统综述了SPR传感技术和生物分析仪的原理、结构以及主要功能模块,SPR传感器的调制类型、耦合方式以及SPR成像传感器;介绍了结合局域表面等离子体共振（local surface plasmon resonance, LSPR）技术、改进金属膜系设计、优化数据处理算法等提高SPR生物分析仪性能的方法;阐述了SPR传感技术和生物分析仪的最新进展,包括SPR技术和微流控芯片、电化学技术、表面增强拉曼散射技术（SERS）的联用;列举了SPR生物分析仪在临床诊断、药物筛选、生物分子研究、食品安全和环境监测等领域的应用实例;最后,分析了SPR生物分析仪面临的主要问题以及未来的发展趋势。     

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.     

New Advances in Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) Technology for Food Safety Detection

With the continuous development of China’s economy and society, people and the government have higher and higher requirements for food safety. Testing for food dopants and toxins can prevent the occurrence of various adverse health phenomena in the world’s population. By deploying new and powerful sensors that enable rapid sensing processes, the food industry can help detect trace adulteration and toxic substances. At present, as a common food safety detection method, lateral flow immunochromatography (LFI) is widely used in food safety testing, environmental testing and clinical medical treatment because of its advantages of simplicity, speed, specificity and low cost, and plays a pivotal role in ensuring food safety. This paper mainly focuses on the application of lateral flow immunochromatography and new technologies combined with test strips in food safety detection, such as aptamers, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, quantum dots, electrochemical test strip detection technology, biosensor test strip detection, etc. In addition, sensing principles such as fluorescence resonance energy transfer can also more effective. Different methods have different characteristics. The following is a review of the application of these technologies in food safety detection.     

SERS Detection of Small Inorganic Molecules and Ions

Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is one of the most straightforward applications of the so‐called nanoplasmonics. This powerful molecular spectroscopy technique is based on the enhancement of the inelastic scattering from molecules located near nanostructured metallic surfaces when these are illuminated and surface plasmons are excited. The analytical applications of SERS are hindered when the Raman cross‐section of the analyte is too low, which is often the case in inorganic molecular species. This problem is even more serious when atomic species are to be identified, since these cannot display a vibrational signal. Herein we discuss the recent advancements toward the SERS detection of small inorganic compounds, including both molecular and atomic species.     

Uniform arrays of gold nanoparticles with different surface roughness for surface enhanced Raman scattering

Uniform arrays of coarse and smooth gold nanoparticles with diameter about 130 nm were successfully synthesized through seed-mediated growth method, separately. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) have been used to study the formation and structure of the nanocomposites. The high enhancement factor for surface-enhanced Raman scattering of coarse and smooth gold nanoparticles were estimated to be about 3.1 × 10⁶ and 2.0 × 10⁶, respectively. It is evident that the coarse gold nanostructures has higher influence factor than the smooth gold nanostructures. Therefore, these unique properties of the coarse Au nanoparticles appear to be very promising for applications as high-performance SERS substrates.     

纳米ZnO修饰电极上低电位检测烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸和乙醇

纳米ZnO修饰玻碳电极在0.23 V对烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸(NADH)的氧化具有很好的催化活性, 与裸电极上NADH的氧化电位0.70 V相比, 该电位降低了0.47 V, 同时增强了抗干扰能力, 并在很大程度上减小了电极污染. 以乙醇脱氢酶(ADH)为例, 制备了ADH/ZnO修饰电极, 可用于脱氢酶底物乙醇的快速、灵敏检测, 并具有良好的重现性和稳定性. 研究表明纳米ZnO为构建脱氢酶底物的电化学传感器提供了一种新的生物兼容性材料.     

Detection of Exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds Improved by Hollow Nanocages of Layered Double Hydroxide on Ag Nanowires

To detect biomarkers from human exhalation, air flow dynamics on the nanoparticle surface were explored by a surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensor. A hollow Co‐Ni layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanocage on Ag nanowires (Ag@LDH) was prepared. Ag nanowires provided amplified Raman signals for trace determination; hollow LDH nanocages served as the gaseous confinement cavity to improve capture and adsorption of gaseous analytes. The Raman intensity and logarithmic analyte concentration exhibit an approximately linear relationship; the detection limit of SERS sensors for aldehyde is 1.9×10^?9 v/v (1.9 ppb). Various aldehydes in mixed mimetic gas are distinguished by Raman spectra statistical analysis assisted by multivariate methods, including principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis. The information was recorded in a barcode, which can be used for the design and development of a desktop SERS sensor analysis system for large‐scale lung cancer detection.