Lotus Seedpod Inspired SERS Substrates: A Novel Platform Consisting of 3D Sub-10 nm Annular Hot Spots for Ultrasensitive SERS Detection

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (13) ◽  
pp. 1800056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binbin Jin ◽  
Junhui He ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Yue Zhang
Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (18) ◽  
pp. 8619-8626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan He ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Zhongbo Li ◽  
Dong Chen ◽  
Jiahui Liu ◽  
...  

Ultra-sensitive ZnO–Ag hybrid SERS substrates are used to detect TNT vapor or solution by a capillarity-constructed reversible hot spots strategy.


NANO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 1850053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua-Xiang Chen ◽  
Yu-Ting Wang ◽  
Ting-Ting You ◽  
Jin Zhai ◽  
Peng-Gang Yin

Novel surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates with stable and recyclable properties have been prepared by assembling gold nanoparticles-loaded PET (AuNPs/PET) nanocomposite superhydrophobic surfaces. After a physical vapor deposition process, the AuNPs/PET surfaces with vast plasmonic “hot spots” showed superhydrophobic properties, and it can hold target molecules droplets for rapid SERS detection. From blown off droplets and rinsed substrates with water after detection, we found that no probe molecules remained on the surfaces from Raman spectra. The prepared substrates were not contaminated in the detection process. Furthermore, the new SERS substrates were used for rapidly detecting droplets of crystal violet (CV) and the lowest detection concentration was about [Formula: see text] M. The as-prepared AuNPs/PET substrates also have good performance in terms of reproducibility and recyclability.


Chemosensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
Panxue Wang ◽  
Yan Sun ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Xiang Li ◽  
Miaomiao Liu ◽  
...  

Rapid and facile determination of pesticides is critically important in food and environmental monitoring. This study developed a self-assembled gold nanoparticle array based SERS method for highly specific and sensitive detection of acetamiprid, a neonicotinoid pesticide that used to be difficult in SERS analysis due to its low affinity with SERS substrates. SERS detection and quantification of acetamiprid was conducted with self-assembled gold nanoparticle arrays at the interface of chloroform and water as the enhancing substrate. Since targets dissolved in chloroform (organic phase) also have access to the hot-spots of Au NP array, the developed method exhibited good sensitivity and specificity for acetamiprid determination. Under the optimal conditions, SERS intensities at Raman shifts of 631 cm−1 and 1109 cm−1 displayed a good linear relationship with the logarithm concentration of acetamiprid in the range of 5.0 × 10−7 to 1.0 × 10−4 mol/L (0.11335 ppm to 22.67 ppm), with correlation coefficients of 0.97972 and 0.97552, respectively. The calculated LOD and LOQ of this method were 1.19 × 10−7 mol/L (0.265 ppb) and 2.63 × 10−7 mol/L (0.586 ppb), respectively, using SERS signal at 631 cm−1, and 2.95 × 10−7 mol/L (0.657 ppb) and 3.86 × 10−7 mol/L (0.860 ppb) using SERS signal at 1109 cm−1, respectively. Furthermore, the developed SERS method was successfully applied in determining acetamiprid on the surface of apple and spinach. This method offers an exciting opportunity for rapid detection of acetamiprid and other organic pesticides considering its advantages of simple preparation process, good specificity and sensitivity, and short detection time (within 1 h).


2018 ◽  
Vol 450 ◽  
pp. 138-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili He ◽  
Changqing Liu ◽  
Jia Tang ◽  
Wei Jin ◽  
Hui Yang ◽  
...  

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 4120
Author(s):  
Fei Shao ◽  
Jiaying Cao ◽  
Ye Ying ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Dan Wang ◽  
...  

For real application, it is an urgent demand to fabricate stable and flexible surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates with high enhancement factors in a large-scale and facile way. Herein, by using the electrospinning technique, a hydrophobic and flexible poly(styrene-co-butadiene) (SB) fibrous membrane is obtained, which is beneficial for modification of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) colloid in a small region and then formation of more “hot spots” by drying; the final SERS substrate is designated as Ag/SB. Hydrophobic Ag/SB can efficiently capture heterocyclic molecules into the vicinity of hot spots of Ag NPs. Such Ag/SB films are used to quantitatively detect trace triazophos residue on fruit peels or in the juice, and the limit of detection (LOD) of 2.5 × 10−8 M is achieved. Ag/SB films possess a capability to resist heat. As a case, 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) that just barely dissolves in 90 °C water is picked for conducting Ag/SB-film-based experiments.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1910
Author(s):  
Yuan Tian ◽  
Haonan Wei ◽  
Yujie Xu ◽  
Qianqian Sun ◽  
Baoyuan Man ◽  
...  

The application of 2D semiconductor nanomaterials in the field of SERS is limited due to its weak enhancement effect and the unclear enhancement mechanism. In this study, we changed the surface morphology and energy level structure of 2D SnSe2 nanosheets using different amounts of S dopant. This caused the vibration coupling of the substrate and the adsorbed molecules and affects the SERS activities of the SnSe2 nanosheets. SERS performance of the 2D semiconductor substrate can effectively be improved by suitable doping, which can effectively break the limitation of 2D semiconductor compounds in SERS detection and will have very important significance in the fields of chemical, biological, and materials sciences. In this work, the intensities of SERS signals for R6G molecules on SnSe0.93S0.94 are 1.3 to 1.7 times stronger than those on pure SnSe2 substrate. It not only provides a new way to effectively improve the SERS activity of a semiconductor SERS substrates but also helps to design more efficient and stable semiconductor SERS substrates for practical application.


Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (29) ◽  
pp. 14220-14229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weidong Zhao ◽  
Shuyuan Xiao ◽  
Yuxian Zhang ◽  
Dong Pan ◽  
Jiahui Wen ◽  
...  

The BISA with high-density hot spots as reproducible SERS substrates by combining an opal structure with self-assembled monolayer AuNPs is demonstrated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (33) ◽  
pp. 10179-10186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiwei Li ◽  
Lei Xiong ◽  
Nianci Li ◽  
Shuo Pang ◽  
Guoliang Xu ◽  
...  

We demonstrate tunable 3D light trapping (up to ∼96%) architectures based on the SnSe2 nanoplate arrays (NPAs) via self-assembled growth and high performance (EF: 6.33 × 106, LOD: 1 × 10−12 M) SERS substrates based on SnSe2 NPAs.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 5028-5033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianqiao Tan ◽  
Chang Liu ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Jie Sun ◽  
Jian Dong ◽  
...  

In this work, efficient SERS substrates containing dense hot spots were fabricated by assembling AuNS@Ag on SMCSL superhydrophobic platforms, based on an evaporation assembly technique.


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