碳纳米管/硅纳米孔柱阵列的场发射性能

"通过热化学气相沉积的方法将碳纳米管生长到硅纳米孔柱阵列衬底上．采用场发射扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜、高分辨透射电子显微镜、拉曼光谱和X射线能谱对所制备的样品形貌、组成进行了分析．结果发现：所制备产物为一种具有面积大、准周期性的碳纳米管/硅巢状阵列复合结构．能谱分析表明碳纳米管仅含有碳元素．对样品进行场发射性能测试表明该结构开启电压为1.3 MV/m,当外加电压为4.26 MV/m,发射电流为5 mA/cm2．由FN公式计算相应的场增强因子约为1.1￡104．碳纳米管/硅纳米孔柱阵列好的场发射性能被归     

银/硅纳米孔柱阵列活性基底的SERS效应研究

以硅纳米孔柱阵列(Si-NPA)为衬底,采用浸渍法制备出一种具有规则表面形貌特征的银/硅纳米孔柱阵列(Ag/Si-NPA),并以R6G为探测目标材料,对其表面增强拉曼(SERS)效应进行了研究。结果表明,对于R6G浓度低至10-15M,Ag/Si-NPA均能表现出清晰的特征SERS峰。随着浓度的降低,R6G的荧光淬灭,所测拉曼光谱的基线降低,但特征峰峰位基本保持不变。在低浓度10-15M时得到的SERS光谱,理论上证明为单分子光谱。此外,Ag/Si-NPA活性基底具有较好的稳定性,在长达28天的自然老化过程中,Ag/Si-NPA能够保持对R6G较高的探测水平,光谱具有较好的信噪比和分辨率。Ag/Si-NPA是一种理想的SERS活性基底。     

Growth process and mechanism of a multi-walled carbon nanotube nest deposited on a silicon nanoporous pillar array

A large scale nest array of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (NACNTs) was grown on silicon nanoporous pillar array (Si-NPA) by thermal chemical vapor deposition. Through observing its macro/micromorphology and structure, ascertaining the catalyst component and its locations at different growth time by hiring field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM, and selected area electron diffraction, the growth process was deduced. Its thermal properties were also investigated by using a thermogravimetric analyzer. Our experiments demonstrated that the CNTs growth by means of root-growth mechanism at the initial growth stage, then a continuous growth process with its tip open is suggested, finally, a schematic growth model of NACNT/Si-NPA was presented.     

金纳米颗粒阵列基底的化学置换制备及其表面增强拉曼散射特性研究

表面增强拉曼(SERS)作为一种分析手段,具有高灵敏度、高选择性、高重复性、非破坏性等优点,在过去的几十年中,被广泛应用在成分检测、环境科学、生物医药及传感器等领域。其中以金、银等贵金属纳米颗粒薄膜在表面增强拉曼(SERS)活性基底方面得到了更为广泛的应用。SERS技术一个关键的因素是如何制设计并备具有大面积、高增强能力及高重复性、可循环使用的SERS基底。通常,贵金属纳米颗粒规则阵列结构的单元颗粒电磁增强特性及其颗粒间的电磁耦合增强特性的综合作用可大力提升SERS基底的探测性能。然而,利用传统微纳米加工方法如光刻、电子束光刻等方法制备得到的贵金属纳米阵列结构的表面粗糙度不够理想。结合光刻与化学置换方法制备金纳米颗粒四方点阵列孔洞结构,并研究其作为SERS基底的电磁增强特性。具体研究利用光刻法在硅衬底上制备了规则排列的四方点阵列孔洞结构,用磁控溅射在其表面镀上金属铁膜;接着在衬底上旋涂浓度为1.893 8 mol·L-1的氯金酸液膜,在孔洞内铁和氯金酸发生置换反应,进而孔洞生成金纳米颗粒,最终得到金纳米颗粒四方点阵SERS活性基底。采用罗丹明6G(R6G)分子作为探测分子测试不同金纳米颗粒阵列结构基底的SERS谱。实验结果表明,随着化学置换反应时间的延长,金纳米颗粒排列更加紧凑有序,SERS谱增强性能更好。     

Improved surface-enhanced Raman scattering of patterned gold nanoparticles deposited on silicon nanoporous pillar arrays

Large-area silicon nanoporous pillar arrays (Si-NPA) uniformly coated with gold nanoparticles was synthesized, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering of rhodamine 6G adsorbed on these gold nanoparticles were studied and compared. It's found that Au/Si-NPA substrate has a significantly high Raman signal sensitivity and good homogeneity. These are attributed to gold nanoparticles with narrow particle-size distribution uniformly coated on the surface and to the enlarged specific surface area for adsorption of target molecules brought by the porous silicon pillars.     

Au/TiN复合薄膜制备及其表面增强拉曼光谱研究

表面增强拉曼散射光谱(SERS)已用于环境监测、生物医药、食品卫生等领域,而高活性SERS基底是表面增强拉曼散射光谱技术应用的关键。TiN作为新型等离子材料具有较强的SERS性能,同时化学稳定性及生物相容性较好,但其SERS性能不如贵金属金强。该研究采用氨气还原氮化法和电化学沉积法,在TiN薄膜表面沉积贵金属Au纳米颗粒制备出Au/TiN复合薄膜。在Au/TiN复合薄膜中单质Au和TiN两种物相共存;随着电化学沉积时间延长,TiN薄膜表面单质金纳米颗粒数量逐渐增多,金纳米颗粒尺寸增大,颗粒间距减小。由于金与TiN两者的本征表面等离子共振耦合作用,Au/TiN复合薄膜的共振吸收峰发生了偏移。利用罗丹明6G为拉曼探针分子,对Au/TiN复合薄膜进行SERS性能分析,发现Au/TiN复合薄膜上的R6G探针分子的拉曼峰信号强度随沉积时间延长呈现先增大后减小的规律;当电化学沉积时间为5 min时,R6G拉曼信号峰较高,复合薄膜样品的SERS活性最大。将Au/TiN复合薄膜和Au薄膜分别浸泡在10-3,10-5,10-7,10-8及10-9 mol·L-1 R6G溶液5 min,进行检测限分析,发现Au/TiN复合薄膜检测极限达10-8 mol·L-1,增强因子达到8.82×105,与Au薄膜和TiN薄膜相比,Au/TiN复合薄膜上对R6G探针分子SERS活性最高。这得益于Au/TiN复合膜中表面等离子体产生的耦合效应,使得局域电磁场强度增强,从而引起R6G探针分子拉曼信号增强。通过2D-FDTD模拟电场分布发现Au/TiN,Au及TiN薄膜具有电场增强作用,其中Au/TiN复合薄膜的增强作用尤为显著,这也证实了氮化钛与金纳米颗粒之间存在耦合效应。另外发现TiN与Au之间可能存在电荷转移,促进了4-氨基苯硫酚氧化反应,进而证实了TiN与Au薄膜的协同作用。此外,Au/TiN复合薄膜均匀性较好,相对平均偏差仅为7.58%。由此可见,采用电化学沉积制备的Au/TiN复合薄膜具有作为SERS基底材料的应用潜力。     

Improved performances on surface‐enhanced Raman scattering based on electrochemically roughened gold substrates modified with SiO2 nanoparticles

In this work, we use electrochemical oxidation–reduction cycles (ORC) methods to prepare surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)‐active gold substrates modified with SiO₂ nanoparticles to improve the corresponding SERS performances. Based on the modified substrates, the SERS of Rhodamine 6G (R6G) exhibits a higher intensity by 3‐fold of magnitude, as compared with that of R6G adsorbed on a SERS‐active Au substrate without the modification of SiO₂ nanoparticles. Moreover, the SERS enhancement capabilities of the modified and the unmodified Au substrates are seriously destroyed at temperatures higher than 250 and 200 °C, respectively. These results indicate that the modification of SiO₂ nanoparticles can improve the thermal stability of SERS‐active substrates. The aging in SERS intensity is also depressed on this modified Au substrate due to the contribution of SiO₂ nanoparticles to SERS effects. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯间隔的金纳米立方体与金膜复合结构的表面增强拉曼散射研究

金属纳米颗粒与金属薄膜的复合结构由于其局域表面等离子体和传播表面等离子体间的强共振耦合作用,可作为表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)基底,显著增强吸附分子的拉曼信号.本文提出了一种聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)间隔的90 nm金纳米立方体与50 nm金膜复合结构的SERS基底,通过有限元方法数值模拟,得到PMMA的最优化厚度为15 nm.实验制备了PMMA间隔层厚度为14 nm的复合结构,利用罗丹明6G (R6G)为拉曼探针分子, 633 nm的氦氖激光器作为激发光源,研究了复合结构和单一金纳米立方体的SERS效应,发现复合结构可以使探针分子产生比单一结构更强的拉曼信号.在此基础上,研究了不同浓度金纳米立方体水溶液条件下复合结构中R6G的拉曼光谱.结果表明,当金纳米立方体水溶液浓度为5.625μg/mL的条件下复合结构中R6G的拉曼信号最强,且可测量R6G的最低浓度达10~(–11) mol/L.     

不同粒径、超均匀球形金纳米粒子合成及其表面增强拉曼散射效应研究

以氯金酸为原料,抗坏血酸为还原剂,柠檬酸钠为保护剂,用化学还原(种子生长)法制备了不同粒径、超均匀的球形金纳米粒子溶胶,并通过紫外可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)进行表征。结果表明,随着金纳米粒子粒径的增大,其UV-Vis光谱中的吸收峰发生红移并出现四极峰。为进一步研究金纳米粒子表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)效应的作用机理并优化其灵敏度,我们以罗丹明6G(R6G)为探针分子,对不同粒径的金纳米粒子进行SERS表征,发现R6G的SERS信号随着金纳米粒子的增大先增强后减弱。当金纳米粒子的平均粒径达到120 nm时,产生最强SERS信号增强,增强因子约为1.1×107。三维时域有限差分法(3D-FDTD)理论模拟纳米粒子阵列电磁场分布结果与实验数据的趋势一致。     

Facile preparation of Au/Ag bimetallic hollow nanospheres and its application in surface-enhanced Raman scattering

In this paper, an Au/Ag bimetallic hollow nanostructure was obtained by using SiO₂ nanospheres as sacrificial templates. The nanostructure was fabricated via a three steps method. SiO₂@Au nanospheres were first synthesized by the layer-by-layer technique, and then they were coated with a layer of Ag particles, finally, the Au/Ag bimetallic hollow nanospheres were obtained by dissolution of the SiO₂ core by exposure in HF solution. Several characterizations, such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and UV visible absorption spectroscopy were used to investigate the prepared nanostructures. The effectiveness of these Au/Ag bimetallic hollow nanospheres as substrates toward surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection was evaluated by using rhodamine 6G (R6G) as a probe molecule. We show that such Au/Ag bimetallic hollow nanospheres structure films which consisting of larger interconnected aggregates are highly desirable as SERS substrates in terms of high Raman intensity enhancement. The Au/Ag bimetallic hollow nanostructured aggregate, interconnected nanostructured aggregate and nanoscale roughness are important factors responsible for this large SERS enhancement ability.     

具有双共振吸收峰的Au纳米粒子制备及其拉曼表征

表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)很大程度的弥补了拉曼散射强度弱的缺点,迅速成为科研工作者们的研究热点,在食品安全、环境污染、毒品以及爆炸物检测等领域应用广泛。纳米技术的发展使得目前对于SERS的研究主要集中于金属纳米颗粒基底的制备,金属纳米粒子的种类、尺寸及形貌对SERS增强和吸收峰峰位均有影响,要获得好的增强效果,需要对金属纳米结构进行工艺优化。特别是,需要结合金属纳米粒子的结构和激励光波长,以期获得更好的增强效果。为了研究SERS增强和吸收峰之间的关系,开展了具有双共振吸收峰的金属纳米粒子的研究。首先利用FDTD Solutions仿真建模,主要针对金纳米颗粒直径、金纳米棒长径比及分布状态对共振吸收峰进行仿真,得到金纳米球理论直径在50 nm左右,金纳米棒理论长径比在3.5~4.5左右时,吸收峰分别分布在532及785 nm附近,符合多波段激励光拉曼增强条件;对于激励光偏振方向,其沿金纳米棒长轴方向偏振时吸收峰位于785 nm附近,沿金纳米球短轴方向偏振时吸收峰位于532 nm附近。然后采用种子生长法,制备了可用于多种波长激励光的双吸收峰表面增强拉曼散射基底。通过改变硝酸银用量(5,10,20,30和40 μL)、盐酸用量(0.1和0.2 mL)以及其生长时间(15,17,21和23 h)等多种工艺参数来控制金纳米棒含量,得到了同时含有金纳米球及金纳米棒的双吸收共振峰金纳米粒子。最后用该样品作为基底,罗丹明6G(R6G)作为探针分子,分别测试其在532,633和785 nm激励光入射时的SERS表征,对分析物R6G最低检测浓度均达到了10-7 mol·L-1,增强因子达到了~105,满足了多波段SERS检测的需要。     

Enhancements in intensity and thermal stability of Raman spectra based on roughened gold substrates modified by underpotential deposition of silver

In this study, electrochemically roughened gold is modified with underpotential deposition (UPD) silver to investigate the effects on enhancements in the intensity and the thermal stability of surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The SERS of Rhodamine 6G (R6G) adsorbed on the UPD Ag‐modified Au substrate exhibits a higher intensity by six‐fold of magnitude, as compared with that of R6G adsorbedon the unmodified Au substrate. Moreover, the SERS enhancement capabilities of UPD Ag‐modified Au and unmodified Au substrates are seriously depressed at temperatures higher than 200 and 150 °C, respectively. It indicates that the modification of UPD Ag can significantly depress the thermal destruction of SERS‐active substrates. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

金纳米粒子的制备及其表面增强拉曼散射效应的研究

采用多巴胺化学还原法制备了分散性良好的纳米金溶胶,并检测了其作为表面增强拉曼散射(Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering,SERS)基底的性质。粒度和透射电子显微镜测试结果表明金溶胶为平均粒径30nm左右的球形颗粒,并且紫外-可见特征吸收峰出现在520nm,为典型的金纳米颗粒特征吸收峰。以罗丹明6G(R6G)为探针分子证明了金溶胶良好的SERS增强效果,用金溶胶对除草剂敌草快(DQ)进行检测,最低检测限可达1×10-7 mol/L。结果表明所制备的金溶胶具有良好的表面增强拉曼散射活性。     

银纳米粒子/碳纳米管阵列SERS基底增强因子分析和实验

为了直观、准确地定量分析表面拉曼增强散射基底结构的拉曼增强,利用磁控溅射和高温退火的方法制备了银纳米粒子修饰垂直排列的碳纳米管阵列三维复合结构样品;实验采用罗丹明6G(R6G)溶剂作为探针分子,结合共聚焦显微拉曼系统,开展了表面增强拉曼增强因子(EF)分析计算的相关实验。SEM结果表明：在有序碳纳米管阵列的表面和外壁均匀地负载了大量银纳米粒子。对退火温度为450 ℃,退火时间为30 min的样品进行了EF计算,得到其增强因子约为2.2×103,并分析了EF值低的原因主要是：在碳纳米管上溅射的银膜膜厚不均匀,导致退火后银颗粒分布不均,使得样品粗糙度值偏大,EF值较低;实验中所用的激励光源并非银纳米颗粒的优化光源。     

退火法制备石墨烯-银纳米粒子及其增强拉曼实验

针对目前SERS基底上金属颗粒制备过程中存在的分布不均匀、易氧化和稳定性差等缺点,通过热蒸镀和高温退火获得分布均匀的SERS基底;同时结合石墨烯优良的光学性能、化学惰性、荧光猝灭以及本身的SERS增强等优点,制备了稳定的石墨烯-银纳米颗粒（GE/AgNPs）复合结构SERS基底。通过GE/AgNPs复合结构的拉曼光谱稳定性试验证明了石墨烯在GE/AgNPs结构中起到隔绝银纳米颗粒与空气直接接触及催化氧化银脱氧的作用,有利于SERS基底的时间稳定性。(1) 石墨烯、Ag纳米颗粒及其复合结构的制备。首先采用热蒸镀和高温退火的方法使Ag纳米颗粒均匀地沉积在SiO₂/Si基底上,再采用化学气相沉积法在Cu箔上制备少层石墨烯,并用湿法转移法将石墨烯转移到目标基底上,并实验研究了以不同的退火顺序对GE/AgNPs基底造成的影响。(2) 石墨烯、Ag纳米颗粒及其复合基底的表征。分别采用光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜和拉曼光谱进行表征,得到转移后的纯石墨烯较完整地覆盖在SiO₂/Si基底上面,表面比较平整,但在少数地方仍然存在褶皱和杂质;SEM表征结果表明对于不同制备流程的GE/AgNPs复合结构上的Ag纳米颗粒基本呈球形。基本符合Ostwald熟化理论,通过对退火温度和时间的控制能获得平均粒径在40~60 nm的银颗粒,且分布较均匀。此外,在不同退火顺序中,石墨烯的加入对银纳米颗粒的扩散形成扩散势垒,从而出现较大的不规则的颗粒。(3) 基底稳定性试验和仿真分析。通过基底本身的Raman mapping测试,分析了石墨烯拉曼特征峰峰值和半高宽的变化,得知基底对石墨烯本身的拉曼增强效果主要来源于银纳米颗粒间的电磁场增强。同时采用浓度为10-6 mol·L-1的罗丹明6G (R6G)水溶液作为探针分子,对转移了石墨烯的GE/AgNPs复合基底和未转移石墨烯的Ag纳米颗粒基底进行了SERS稳定性实验。结果表明GE/AgNPs复合基底在1~33 d内衰减较缓慢,30 d后仍能探测到拉曼信号约为原来信号的35.1%~40.6%;而纯Ag基底上随着Ag纳米颗粒在空气中迅速氧化,基底的SERS性能显著下降,在30 d后只有原来信号的5.9%~11.3%。此外,通过实验得到覆盖了石墨烯之后的增强因子约为6.05×105。最后采用时域有限差分算法（FDTD）计算了复合结构的电磁场分布和理论增强因子,其理论增强因子可以达到5.7×105。实验和仿真结果的差异,主要是源于石墨烯的化学增强作用。     

金溶胶中邻羟基苯甲酸吸附行为的密度泛函理论与实验研究

研究了邻羟基苯甲酸(OHBA)的常规拉曼散射(NRS)光谱以及其吸附在Au纳米颗粒上的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)光谱。以氯金酸为原料,柠檬酸三钠为还原剂,用化学还原法制备了球形的金纳米粒子溶胶,采用激光显微拉曼光谱仪(激发波长为785 nm),测定OHBA分子的NRS光谱及其吸附在Au纳米颗粒上的SERS光谱。同时,应用密度泛函理论(DFT),在B3LYP/6-31+G**(C,H,O)/LANL2DZ(Au)水平上,对OHBA分子进行了结构优化,在此基础上计算了OHBA分子的NRS光谱以及其吸附在Au纳米颗粒上两种不同吸附构型下的SERS光谱,并和实验值进行比较。结果表明,OHBA分子通过羧基吸附构型的计算值比通过羟基吸附构型的计算值与实验值符合的更好。最后,利用GaussView可视化软件对其振动模式进行了全面归属。通过对邻羟基苯甲酸分子拉曼谱峰的详细指认能够得出：Au溶胶中的邻羟基苯甲酸分子,是通过羧基倾斜地吸附在Au纳米颗粒表面的。可视化软件直观形象地展示出了该分子的结构特征和分子基团振动情况,对其振动峰位的归属提供了重要依据。本文工作对推进邻羟基苯甲酸在生物医药等领域进一步的应用具有重要作用。     

An effective surface-enhanced Raman scattering template based on gold nanoparticle/silicon nanowire arrays

A large-scale Si nanowire array （SiNWA） is fabricated with gold （Au） nanoparticles by simple metal-assisted chemical etching and metal reduction processes. The three-dimensional nanostructured Au/SiNWA is evaluated as an active substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering （SERS）. The results show that the detection limit for rhodamine 6G is as low as 10-7 M, and the Raman enhancement factor is as large as 105 with a relative standard deviation of less than 25%. After the calibration of the Raman peak intensifies of rhodamine 6G and thiram, organic molecules could be quantitatively detected. These results indicate that Au/SiNWA is a promising SERS-active substrate for the detection of biomolecules present in low concentrations. Our findings are an important advance in SERS substrates to allow fast and quantitative detection of trace organic contaminants.     

Controlling SERS intensity by tuning the size and height of a silver nanoparticle array

It is demonstrated that the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) intensity of R6G molecules adsorbed on a Ag nanoparticle array can be controlled by tuning the size and height of the nanoparticles. A firm Ag nanoparticle array was fabricated on glass substrate by using nanosphere lithography (NSL) combined with reactive ion etching (RIE). Different sizes of Ag nanoparticles were fabricated with seed polystyrene nanospheres ranging from 430 nm to 820 nm in diameter. By depositing different thicknesses of Ag film and lifting off nanospheres from the surface of the substrate, the height of the Ag nanoparticles can be tuned. It is observed that the SERS enhancement factor will increase when the size of the Ag nanoparticles decreases and the deposition thickness of the Ag film increases. An enhancement factor as high as 2×10⁶ can be achieved when the size of the polystyrene nanospheres is 430 nm in diameter and the height of the Ag nanoparticles is 96 nm. By using a confocal Raman mapping technique, we also demonstrate that the intensity of Raman scattering is enhanced due to the local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) occurring in the Ag nanoparticle array.     

金银/氮化钛表面增强拉曼基底制备及对烟酸的定量检测

表面增强拉曼光谱技术对分子具有特异性识别以及快速无损检测的能力,使其在药物检测方面具有重大的潜力。通过贵金属和氮化钛之间协同作用,使复合基底具有较高的SERS性能,提供了一种基于SERS技术的药物检测方法。采用电化学沉积及自组装法,制备出贵金属/氮化钛复合薄膜。研究表明,在复合薄膜中存在面心立方晶型TiN、金属单质Au和Ag三种物相;电子显微镜显示平均粒径分别为90和50 nm的金属Au和Ag颗粒均匀分布在TiN薄膜表面;基底的紫外-可见吸收图谱中出现了贵金属金与银纳米颗粒及TiN薄膜三者的特征等离子体共振吸收峰。以该复合薄膜为SERS基底,对烟酸溶液进行拉曼检测。结果显示,贵金属/氮化钛复合薄膜对烟酸具有显著的SERS效应,最低检测浓度为10-5 mol·L-1,对1 033 cm-1处烟酸拉曼信号强度及浓度取对数,发现两者间呈一定线性关系,其R2为0.969,得益于TiN,Au和Ag之间可发生表面等离子体共振引起电磁场增强,以及电荷转移效应。研究还发现,烟酸通过COO-基团垂直吸附在贵金属/氮化钛基底表面;在酸性环境下,烟酸N原子质子化主要以阳离子N＋H（Ⅰ）形式存在;在碱性环境时,主要以阴离子COO-（Ⅲ）形式存在。绞股蓝总甙溶液中模拟烟酸非法添加,该复合基底对其最低的拉曼检测浓度是10-5 mol·L-1,为现场快速检测非法添加药物提供了新途径。