MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2023
·Vol. 191
·期 1
·1-12
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IF 5.7
Liu Xinyu,Yu Yang,Xie Tianhua,Cao Zijin,Li Zhiyan,Li Yuejing,Gu Yingqiu,Han Caiqin,Yang Guohai,Qu Lulu
Monolayer g-C 3 N 4 -modified Au/Ag nanorods (g-C 3 N 4 /Au/Ag NRs) array is fabricated as a dual-function platform with high surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) response and excellent photocatalytic degradation ability for bisphenol A (BPA) residues. FDTD simulation results of Au/Ag NRs proves that the electromagnetic field intensity is significantly enhanced at the gap of Ag NRs and Au NPs and the protrusion of Au NPs, which endows the arrays with excellent SERS activity. The arrays exhibit high sensitivity for rhodamine 6G (R6G) (LOD = 1.1 × 10 -11 mol/L) and high SERS enhancement (EF = 9.2 × 10 7 ). In addition, the g-C 3 N 4 /Au/Ag NRs could degrade ˃90% of BPA adsorbed on the substrate surface within 140 min under visible light irradiation, and maintains its SERS activity after repeated use for 4 times. The dual-function platform with high SERS response and excellent recycling capability is proved to be reliable and is very promising for monitoring of BPA residues in food. Graphical abstract
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2023
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IF 4.4
Siyu Wei,Xinyu Zhao,Ke Zhao,Meng Wang,LinZhe Xu,Yuanyuan Zhang,Xiujing Huang,Yingbo Chen
The adhesion between metal plasma and substrate was the key of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technology. The preparation of ideal SERS substrate with multiple advantages such as high sensitivity and good signal reproducibility was still the focus of research. A flexible foldable and transparent fluorinated polyimide/silver NPs (FPI@Ag) SERS film was fabricated by the ion exchange and in-situ reduction method in this work. The effects of KOH hydrolysis time, AgNO 3 ion exchange time and concentration, the type and concentration of reducing agents on the SERS performance of the FPI@Ag film were systematically discussed. As a result, the hydrolysis time of KOH affected the thickness of the metallic silver layer, the concentration of AgNO 3 affected the size and spacing of Ag NPs, and the Raman signal of was remarkably enhanced when borane dimethylamine complex (DMAB) was used as reducing agent. When the detection limit of 4-Aminothiophenol was as low as 1 × 10 −11 mol·L −1 , the obvious Raman characteristic peak still appeared. The enhancement factor (EF) was up to 9.4 × 10 7 . The linear quantification range was achieved in the range from 10 −3 –10 −11 mol·L −1 , R 2 = 0.9987. In addition, we also performed multi-cycle bending and torsion test on the FPI@Ag film, and obtained stable Raman signals. The prepared FPI@Ag film can be attached to the surface of uneven samples, which can be used for on-site Raman detection and analysis.
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TALANTA
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2023
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Shaoyun Chen,Long Chen,Yu Zhang,Dong Xu,Chenglong Hu,Long Zhang,Jian Chen
Herein, we reported a facile method to control the nanogap distance of silver (Ag) nanosheets to obtain high sensitive plasmonic Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates. The sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) microspheres with different diameters were first fabricated using micro-emulsion synthesis, and then the SPS microspheres were coated with Ag nanosheets through chemical synthesis with citric acid/ascorbic acid to form Ag nanosheets@SPS (Ag@SPS) substrates with different nanogap distances. The results showed that the nanogap distance of Ag nanosheets self-assembled on SPS microspheres reduced from 80-150 nm to 28–68 nm when the diameter of SPS microspheres increased from 0.9 to 3.5 μm, and the enhancement factor ( EF ) increased from 10 5 to 10 7 , the limit of detection of rhodamine 6G (R6G) for the Ag@SPS microspheres reduced from 10 −10 to 10 −13 mol/L. It confirmed that the Ag nanosheets coated on the surface of SPS microspheres could achieve ultra trace detection of analyte. Furthermore, the low concentration detection limit for melamine with the Ag@SPS microspheres substrate was about 10 −8 mg/L, which is lower than the standard legislated by the European Union and the Food & Drug Administration. In addition, the SERS spectrum of 3-mercaptopropionic acid (3-MPA) could be also detected when its concentration was 10 −8 mol/L. The prepared substrate offered a promising opportunity for SERS practical applications.
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Chemosensors
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2023
·Vol. 11
·期 10
·531
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Mingzhu Wu,Jianhang Lin,Da Zheng,Yirui Yang,Zhihao Li,Zhengdong Zhu,Yonghui Shen,Gang Ni,Maofeng Zhang
Micro/nanoplastics are widespread in the environment and may cause severe damage to creatures and human beings. Micro/nanoplastic pollution has become a global focus issue; hence, the rapid and accurate detection of micro/nanoplastics is an essential step to ensure health. Herein, we report a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique to sensitively and quantitatively identify micro/nanoplastics in environmental water samples. A three-dimensional hierarchical Au@Ag nanostar (NSs) was synthesized and employed as an efficient SERS substrate. The “lightning rod effect” generated by tip branches of the nanostars and the coupling effect of the neighboring branches of the nanostar array enabled the ultra-trace detection of crystal violet (CV) down to 10−9M, even with a portable Raman device. Moreover, the hydrophobic property of the SERS substrate endowed it with a desirable enrichment effect, which meant an increase in the concentration or quantity of the micro/nanoplastic particles. And thereafter, the SERS sensor achieved a highly sensitive detection of polystyrene (PS) particle standard solution at a low concentration of 25 μg/mL or 2.5 μg/mL. Importantly, the detected concentration and the SERS intensity followed a nearly linear relationship, indicating the capability of quantitative analysis of micro/nanoplastics. In addition, the SERS sensor was successfully extended to detect PS particles in environmental water samples, including tap water, sea water, and soil water, and the detection concentration was determined to be 25 μg/mL, 2.5 μg/mL, and 25 μg/mL, respectively. The present Au@AgNSs array substrate with a two-order magnitude signal amplification further exhibited significant advantages in the label-free analysis of micro/nanoplastics in real water samples.Keywords:surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS);Au@Ag nanostar;lightning rod effect;micro/nanoplastics;quantitative detection
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FOOD CONTROL
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2023
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Jinxiang Wei,Yifei He,Zhiyi Song,Imran Mahmood Khan,Zhouping Wang,Caiyun Jiang,Xiaoyuan Ma
Herein, a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and fluorescence dual-signal aptasensor has been developed for aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1 ) detection. Fluorescence signal source CdTe quantum dots were decorated on the outer of silica nanoparticles and further functionalized with AFB 1 aptamer. Raman reporter molecules DTNB were decorated on the surface of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) together with the aptamer complementary chains. The two parts of nanomaterials were combined by the base complementary pairing principle, to form satellite nanostructures with high SERS and low fluorescence signals following LSPR and FRET effect. The addition of AFB 1 led to the shedding of AuNPs due to the higher sensitivity of the aptamer towards the target and resulting in recovered fluorescence and decreased SERS signals. The developed method showed a linear relationship in the range of 10 −4 -10 3 ng/mL, with detection limit of 0.094 pg/mL. This technology had strong application prospects due to simplicity of operation and high accuracy.
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Fanglei Liu,Jiayi Zhao,Xinyu Liu,Xi Zhen,Qiumei Feng,Yingqiu Gu,Guohai Yang,Lulu Qu,Jun-Jie Zhu
In this paper, a photoelectrochemical (PEC)-surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) dual-mode biosensor is constructed coupled with a dual-recognition binding-induced DNA walker with a carbon nitride nanosheet (C3N4)/MXene-gold nanoparticles (C/M-Au NPs) accelerator, which is reliable and capable for sensitive and accurate detection of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Initially, a photoactive heterostructure is formed by combining C3N4 and MXene via a simple electrostatic self-assembly as they possess well-matched band-edge energy levels. Subsequently, in situ growth of gold nanoparticles on the formed surface results in better PEC performance and SERS activity, because of the synergistic effects of surface plasmon resonance and Schottky barrier. Furthermore, a three-dimensional, bipedal, and dual-recognition binding-induced DNA walker is introduced with the formation of Pb2+-dependent DNAzyme. In the presence of S. aureus, a significant quantity of intermediate DNA (I-DNA) is generated, which can open the hairpin structure of Methylene Blue-tagged hairpin DNA (H-MB) on the electrode surface, thereby enabling the switch of signals for the quantitative determination of S. aureus. The constructed PEC-SERS dual-mode biosensor that can be mutually verified under one reaction effectively addresses the problem of the low detection accuracy of traditional sensors. Experimental results revealed that the effective combination of PEC and SERS is achieved for amplification detection of S. aureus with a detection range of 5–108 CFU/mL (PEC) and 10–108 CFU/mL (SERS), and a detection of limit of 0.70 CFU/mL (PEC) and 1.35 CFU/mL (SERS), respectively. Therefore, this study offers a novel and effective dual-mode sensing strategy, which has important implications for bioanalysis and health monitoring.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2021
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Ziwei Hu,Xia Zhou,Jun Duan,Xueqiang Wu,Jiamin Wu,Pengcheng Zhang,Wanzhen Liang,Jialiang Guo,Huaihong Cai,Pinghua Sun,Haibo Zhou,Zhengjin Jiang
The design of a rapid, simple, and ultrasensitive detection platform of protein biomarkers has become an urgent need in early diagnosis and treatment. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technology, with the unique advantages of ultra-sensitivity and fingerprint recognition, has attracted much attention in biomarker detection. An innovative aptamer SERS biosensor for highly sensitive protein biomarker detection was presented. This biosensor contains a SERS tag (reporter-labeled Au nano-bridged nanogaps particles, Au NNPs) and novel magnetic capture substrate (Ag-coated Fe 3 O 4 -Au NPs, Ag MNPs). C-reactive protein (CRP), a representative biomarker for diagnosing, was used to assess the SERS performance of this biosensor. Aptamers against CRP were modified on both SERS tag and magnetic capture substrate for specific recognition by Au NNPs-CRP-Ag MNPs sandwich assay. This strategy achieved sensitive detection of CRP with a limit of detection (LOD) of 10 fM (1.14 pg/mL), and is much lower than reported analytical methods. Besides, this method exhibits excellent selectivity and specificity for CRP under the interference of other proteins and displays high accuracy in the detection of actual human serum samples. This proposed detection strategy can be extended to the sensitive detection of other biomarker proteins and hold great promise in the clinical diagnosis of diseases.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2021
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Nisar Hussain,Hongbin Pu,Da-Wen Sun
Silver-coated gold nanoparticles (Au@AgNPs) were optimized with different gold (Au) core sizes and modified surface with mercaptooctane (MCO) to determine fungicide residues in pear fruit extracts. The developed MCO/Au@AgNPs with a gold core size of 28 nm and silver shell thickness of 6 nm exhibited high sensitivity and significant enhancement of Raman scattering in detecting tricyclazole (TCZ) and thiram fungicides in standard and pear fruit samples. The detection limits for TCZ and thiram in the pear fruit extracts were 0.005 and 0.003 ppm with coefficients of determination of (R 2 ) of 0.9984 and 0.9971, percent recovery ranging from 82.7 to 107.4% and 80.7 to 109.8%, and relative standard deviation (RSD) of 1.5 to 7.9% and 3.7 to 9.5%, respectively. Results showed that this easily prepared method could be employed as SERS active platforms for the rapid assessment of trace contaminants of agrochemicals in agriculture production.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2021
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Yingying Sun,Wan Li,Liqing Zhao,Fengyong Li,Yunfei Xie,Weirong Yao,Wenqiu Liu,Zhaosheng Lin
In food safety assessment, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a novel detection method with the advantages of being fast, easy, and of high sensitivity. However, many SERS substrate synthesis methods are complex, and there are only a few studies on the simultaneous detection of multiple substances. In this study, a new, simple, low-cost SERS substrate was synthesised for the first time to simultaneously detect illegal food additives rhodamine B and basic orange II in chilli products. A lightweight, porous, and low-cost material of melamine foam (MF) was employed as the SERS synthesis template. The substrate’s SERS effect on, and sensitivity to, rhodamine B and basic orange II were demonstrated. The molecular vibration and SERS enhancement mechanisms of the two target molecules were analysed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The results reveal that this fabricated substrate has great application potential for the supervision and testing industry.
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ANALYST
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2021
·Vol. 146
·期 22
·6893-6901
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Hui Chen,Longqiang Xing,Huiru Guo,Caixia Luo,Xuedian Zhang
A graphene oxide (GO)-based nanocarrier that imparts tumor-selective delivery of dual-drug with enhanced therapeutic index, is introduced. GO is conjugated with Au@Ag and Fe3O4 nanoparticles, which facilitates it with SERS tracking and magnetic targeting abilities, followed by the covalent binding of the anti-HER2 antibody, thus allowing it to both actively and passively target SKBR3 cells, human breast cancer cells expressed with HER2. Intracellular drug delivery behaviors are probed using SERS spectroscopy in a spatiotemporal manner, which demonstrates that nanocarriers are internalized into the lysosomes and release the drug in response to the acidic microenvironment. The nanocarriers loaded with dual-drug possess increased cancer cytotoxicity in comparison to those loaded with a single drug. Attractively, the enhanced cytotoxicity against cancer cells is achieved with relatively low concentrations of the drug, which is demonstrated to be involved in the drug adsorption status. These results may give us the new prospects to design GO-based delivery systems with rational drug dosages, thus achieving optimal therapeutic response of the multi-drug with increased tumor selectivity and reduced side effects.
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RSC Advances
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2021
·Vol. 11
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·19813-19818
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Yazhou Qin,Yuanzhao Wu,Binjie Wang,Jiye Wang,Xingsen Zong,Weixuan Yao
Branched Au nanoparticles (Au NPs) can significantly enhance the Raman signal of trace chemical substances, and have attracted the interest of researchers. However, there are still challenges to accurately prepare the morphology of branched Au NPs. In this work, we have successfully prepared sea urchin-like Au NPs and Au nanowires by using the seed-mediate growth method, with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and glutathione as ligands, and ascorbic acid as a reducing agent. Using Au NPs with a tetrahexahedron (THH) morphology as seeds, and by simply changing the concentration of glutathione, we explored the growth process of sea urchin-like Au and Au nanowires. At low concentrations of glutathione, Au NPs will preferentially grow along the edges and corners of the THH Au seed, forming a core/satellite structure. As the concentration of glutathione increases, Au NPs will grow along the direction of glutathione, forming sea urchin-like Au NPs. To further increase the concentration of glutathione, we will prepare Au nanowires. In addition, we use the prepared Au NPs as a substrate material for surface-enhanced Raman (SERS) high-sensitivity detection. By using 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP) as the test molecule, we evaluated the SERS effect of the prepared Au NPs with different morphologies. The results showed that sea urchin-like Au NPs have the best enhancement effect. The lowest concentrations of Rhodamine 6G and 4-ATP were 10−10 M and 10−12 M, respectively, using sea urchin Au NPs as the base material. Furthermore, we conducted a highly sensitive SERS detection of the poison atropine monohydrate, and the lowest detected concentration was 10−10 M.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2021
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Jian Zhu,Shuang Zhang,Guo-jun Weng,Jian-jun Li,Jun-wu Zhao
By using gold nanorods with silver coating as the sacrificial templates, we prepared spiky yolk-shell AuAg bimetallic nanorods with uniform interior gap via galvanic replacement reaction. The length and number of Au tips of the spiky yolk-shell AuAg nanorods can be tuned simultaneously by altering HAuCl 4 volume. The influence of HAuCl 4 volume and the sliver layer thickness on the SERS activity of spiky yolk-shell AuAg nanorods are studied. When the sliver layer is thin, the interior gap has not been shielded completely and the outer shell has obvious tips, thus the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity has the strongest enhancement with an enhancement factor (EF) of 4.9 × 10 5 . The spiky yolk-shell AuAg nanorods with the strongest SERS activity are used as SERS substrates to detect thiram. The results demonstrate that the SERS intensity increases linearly with the logarithmic concentration of thiram in the range of 10 −3 M to 10 −7 M. The detection limit is as low as 97 nM, which is lower than the maximum pesticide residue limit (29 µM) in fruits stipulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Therefore, the spiky yolk-shell AuAg bimetallic nanorods have important practical application value in pesticide detection.
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